Tomato production in Florida

[1] The highest temperatures of the summer from July to September end profitable yield and even the heat of June and October limit productivity, such that April to May and November to January are the largest harvests of the year.

[4] Over four years they treated with ASM as an alternative to copper bactericide and achieved almost total control with no yield loss.

)[4] This result is spoken of worldwide when discussing basic plant biology, SAR, induced systemic resistance, the biology of Xanthomonads, and the need for alternative pesticides due to resistance, including phage therapy in agriculture.

[citation needed] The Florida tomato industry has historically relied on migrant labor.

[5] Exploitation of that labor was widespread with the town of Immokalee, Florida being "known as ground zero for modern day slavery.