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Joan Baez Dimatira, Elmer P. Dadios, Francisco Culibrina, Jo-Ann Magsumbol, John Dela Cruz,
Kristine Sumage, Mary Tamar Tan, Mike Gomez
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines
joan_dimatira@dlsu.edu.ph
francisco_culibrina@dlsu.edu.ph
elmer.dadios@dlsu.edu.ph
jo-ann_magsumbol@dlsu.edu.ph
kristine_sumage@dlsu.edu.ph
mary_tan@dlsu.edu.ph
subay_fbc2002@yahoo.com
mary.tamar07@gmail.com
Tomatoes can be used in many ways. When it is ripe, II. VARIETIES OF TOMATO
it can be consumed fresh or it can be processed into puree,
paste, powder, ketchup (tomato sauce), sauce and soup or There are two varieties of tomato, these are
canned as whole fruits. The unripe ones can be pickled or used determinate and indeterminate. Determinate tomatoes like
for pre- serves. Tomatoes can also be used for medicinal Roma, is referred to as “bush” tomato because they crop all at
purposes. Tomato extract can be used as traditional medicine once and have compact bushes. They are good for cooking
to treat various diseases in Greece, Peru, Guatemala, and and canning. On the other hand, Indeterminate tomatoes like
Japan. The hot water extract of dried fruit can be used to treat Better Boy or Celebrity, crop all season long. Determinate
ulcers, wounds, hemorrhoids and burn while tomato poultice tomatoes have compact height and do not last that long while
can be used to treat edema during pregnancy. Fresh fruit can indeterminate tomatoes grow up to 12 feet and last longer.[5]
be an aid to digestion and to treat kidney and liver problems.
Tomato is also rich in vitamin C and lycopene. [2] Lycopene Hybrid tomato plants combine two different varieties
of tomato plant to produce a cultivated variety with useful
traits from both its parents. Hybrid tomato plants grow from Fuzzy rule refers to the use of “if-then” or “and” and
seeds that are formed using genetic material from two “or” statement. But before it can judge a material, it undergoes
different tomato varieties. This is done by transferring the a process first.
polen from one plant to receptive flowers on the other plant.
Plants grown from the fruit that is produced from the cross- The figure below shows the process of fuzzy logic
pollinated flowers contain beneficial traits from both of the system, wherein the crisp inputs are put in the fuzzifier to
parent plants. You can produce hybrid tomato plants using activate the set rules, after that, the defuzzifier will produce
seeds or vegetative propagation. Vegetative propagation is the output
using a severed part of the hybrid plant to produce a new plant
that is identical to its parent plant.[6]
Here in the Philippines, there are three main suppliers *multiple Fuzzy Logic Systems: A controller for the Flexible
of hybrid tomato seeds; they are Candor, Eastwest, and Max.
Pole-Cart Balancing Problem, Elmer P. Dadios and David J.
In relation to this, many farmers are starting to plant hybrid
Williams Manufacturing Engineering Department
tomatoes because of its better taste, faster growth and bigger
productions. Loughborough University of Technology, LE11 3TU, UK .
The researcher preferred using Condor Atlas F1. It is Fuzzy logic will be used to decide whether the
a new hybrid tomato variety that is highly tolerant to the
tomato is matured, half matured, or immature, in terms of its
destructive tomato yellow leaf. It was developed by Allied
Botanical Corp. (ABC), the only fully Filipino vegetable seed color, diameter and shape.
company, at its research and breeding stations. Condor Atlas IV. IMPLEMENTATION
F1 is also noted for its longer harvesting life, high prolificacy,
and adaptability to varying tropical conditions in the country. The appearance of the tomato includes its color, size,
[8] and shape. Each parameter has a basis to tell whether a tomato
is matured or not. This basis can be seen in the tables below.
Table 1 indicates the different characteristics of atlas f1.
Table 2 shows the possible colors of the tomato together with
Variety Color Size Shape its definition.
Atlas (f1) Red Medium Ovate
orange COLOR DESCRIPTION
Green Entirely light to dark green
*production and management of tomato. July 07,2008. Breaker First appearance of external pink, red or
Open academy for phil. Agriculture tarnish-color not more than 10%
http://openacademy.ph/ Turning Over 10%, but not more than 30% red, pink or
tarnish-yellow
III. FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM Pink Over 30%, but not more than 60%, pinkish or
red
According to S. Ghosh et.al., (1998), Fuzzy Logic is
Light red Over 60%, but not more than 90% red
a decision system approach that works similarly to human
Red Over 90%, red, desirable table ripeness
control logic. It is a useful technique since it uses human
*united states standards for grades of fresh tomatoes, oct. 01,
language to describe inputs and outputs, and provides a simple
1991 (standards)
method for reaching a conclusion from imprecise, vague or
ambiguous input information. Fuzzy-logic systems include a Table 3 shows the size designations of a tomato with its
fuzzy-rule set to define the relationship between the input and corresponding centimeters.
output variables. Furthermore, just a few data samples can
provide quite accurate results.[9]
Size Centimeter INPUT OUTPUT
Designations Minimum Maximum COLOR SIZE SHAPE MATURITY
diameter diameter Light red medium round matured
Small 5.40 cm 5.79 cm Light red medium ovate matured
Medium 5.72 cm 6.43 cm red medium round matured
Large 6.35 cm 7.06 cm red medium ovate matured
Extra large 7.00 cm Light red large round matured
*united states standards for grades of fresh tomatoes, oct. Light red large ovate matured
01, 1991 (standards) red large round matured
The shape of the tomato can be described in the most precise red large ovate matured
and accurate way by finding the ratio of the measured Light red extra-large round matured
equitorial diameter of the fruit to the polar diameter, and Light red extra-large ovate matured
taking it at the right angles to the equitorial. This ratio is
red extra-large round matured
called as “index number”. On the other hand, the term “shape
index” can be defined as: red extra-large ovate matured
𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 = The next table shows the fuzzy rules in deciding that the
𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
tomato is half-matured.
Table 4 refers to the approximate shape index and index
number of tomato.
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The authors acknowledge all people who helped to * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
accomplish this study. Joan Baez U. Dimatira acknowledges jacqueline.camolese@empraba.br;
Tel.: +55-75-3312-8149.
some members of the Grace City Church who provide Academic Editor: Lucy van de Vijver
resources and connection for this paper. Received: 29 May 2015 / Accepted: 6 July 2015 / Published: 10 July 2015
Elmer P. Dadios
Francisco Culibrina
Jo-Ann Magsumbol
John Dela Cruz
Kristine Sumage
Mary Tamar Tan
Mike Gomez
francisco_culibrina@dlsu.edu.ph
elmer.dadios@dlsu.edu.ph
jo-ann_magsumbol@dlsu.edu.ph
kristine_sumage@dlsu.edu.ph
mary_tan@dlsu.edu.ph