Summary
Tomatoes have traditionally been cultivated in greenhouses, where the combination of natural light and semicontrolled environmental conditions supports high yields and fruit quality. In contrast, the cultivation of large-fruited tomato varieties in fully enclosed, light-emitting diode (LED)–based plant factories remains limited, mainly due to technical and physiological challenges. This study demonstrates the successful cultivation of the large-fruited tomato cultivar CF Momotaro Fight in an LED-based plant factory, marking a significant advancement in controlled-environment agriculture. Then, we compared environmental conditions, growth parameters, photosynthetic performance, and fruit characteristics between plant factory and greenhouse systems. Tomatoes grown in the plant factory exhibi
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