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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (27): 54-70.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0747

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Growth Models and Smart Planting Technologies for Greenhouse Tomatoes: Research Progress and Future Prospects

XU Jia1(), ZHENG Jianhua2(), HE Peng1, GU Le1, HUO Yao1, TANG Shunjie1   

  1. 1 Agricultural Information and Rural Economy Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610060
    2 Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Knowledge Mining and Knowledge Services in Agricultural Converging Publishing, National Press and Publication Administration, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2024-12-09 Revised:2025-04-09 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-10-07

Abstract:

This study aims to comprehensively analyze the major advancements in growth models and smart planting technologies for greenhouse tomatoes, providing scientific insights for sustainable development in greenhouse tomato industry. Using bibliometrics, combined with InCites and VOSviewer, this study systematically reviews and analyzes research outcomes and trends in the field across dimensions of country, institution, author, and research topic. Over the past two decades, global research attention on greenhouse tomatoes has significantly increased, with active research in China, Spain, and Canada. Foreign studies focus on environmental sustainability and resource-use efficiency, while domestic research emphasizes integrated water-fertilizer management and soil micro-environment regulation. Among growth models, explanatory models demonstrate superior performance. Smart sensing and decision-making technology have substantially improved production efficiency and product quality in irrigation-fertilization, pest and disease monitoring, and fruit identification and harvesting, while optimizing production management and laying the foundation for agricultural automation and intelligence. Future research should deepen growth-model developments to enhance predictive accuracy and adaptability, promote integrated development of intelligent technologies to advance smart greenhouse tomato cultivation, strengthen breeding for stress-resistant cultivars and precision irrigation-fertilization techniques, and advance the precision and intelligence of pest and disease identification technologies.

Key words: protected agriculture, tomatoes, environmental factors, growth models, smart planting technologies, research advancements