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• New gene could lead to better bug-resistant plants
  

  The discovery of a new gene could lead to better bug-resistant plants. Research led by Michigan State University and appearing in PNAS, demonstrates that domestic tomatoes could re-learn a thing or two from their wild cousins.Long-term cultivation has led to tomato crops losing beneficial traits com more

• Galápagos tomato provides key to making cultivated tomatoes resistant to whitefly

  The whitefly is a major problem for open field tomato cultivation throughout the world. Scientists of Wageningen UR together with a number of partners have discovered genes for resistance to the whitefly in a wild relative of the common tomato. The scientists hope that resistant varieties can be bro more

• Gene found that controls tomato ripening

  According to an old country song, the only two things money can't buy are true love and homegrown tomatoes. How true - those perfect, red tomatoes from the store just can't match ones plucked from the garden. Now, researchers have identified the gene that controls their ripening, according to a stud more

Publications Tomatoes

• Efficacy of Integrated Treatment of UV light and Low‐Dose Gamma Irradiation on Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica on Grape Tomatoes

  Abstract  The study evaluated the efficacy of integrated ultraviolet‐C light (UVC) and low‐dose gamma irradiation treatments to inactivate mixed strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica on inoculated whole grape tomatoes. A mixed bacterial cocktail composed of a 3 strain mixtu more

• Effects of postharvest UV‐C treatment on carotenoids and phenolic compounds of vine‐ripe tomatoes

  Summary Light red tomatoes were exposed to different doses of ultraviolet C (UV‐C) irradiation (1.0, 3.0 and 12.2 kJ m−2). After treatment, the tomatoes were stored for 2 days at room temperature, and then analysed to determine the effect of irradiation on the main antioxidants, carotenoids and more

• Suppression of {gamma}-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Transaminases Induces Prominent GABA Accumulation, Dwarfism and Infertility in the Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

  Tomatoes accumulate -aminobutyric acid (GABA) at high levels in the immature fruits. GABA is rapidly converted to succinate during fruit ripening through the activities of GABA transaminase (GABA-T) and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH). Although three genes encoding GABA-T and both pyru more

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