... an experiment to see if different varieties of cherry tomatoes could be grown with seawater. They grew plants watered ...
Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level ... the interaction between a fungal pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum, and the tomato plant in which the fungus causes Fusarium wilt ...
... (Reuters) - The secret behind growing large tomatoes lies not in the fertilizer or the perfect soil conditions ... a few genetic changes that over time have resulted in tomatoes 1,000 times bigger than their wild ...
... found that FruHis – an organic carbohydrate present in dehydrated tomato products – exerts a strong protective effect ... this study, researchers attributed the protective effect of tomatoes to ascorbic acid, carotenoids or phenolic compounds ...
ATLANTA (AP) -- An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S health officials said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- Many U.S. restaurants have removed dishes containing raw tomatoes from their menus in the wake of a nationwide federal warning.
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- McDonald's says it has stopped serving sliced tomatoes in its restaurants over concerns about Salmonella food poisoning linked to uncooked tomatoes....
... warning about the salmonella threat posed by some fresh tomatoes, found that a substantial proportion of Americans know what ... formula (35%). "For many Americans, the outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes will be regarded as an unusual threat, because they generally ...
... who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it straight into cold water. If that happened on the way to market, it might be contaminated....
... discovery of Salmonella in certain tomato varieties has caused a series of food-poisoning outbreaks throughout ... specialist for Virginia Cooperative Extension, has advice for anyone handling fresh produce, including tomatoes ...
(AP) -- The official toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes continues to rise: The government counted 756 confirmed illnesses Thursday.
... , and nutrient composition, but it has been difficult to study these traits in tomatoes, because many of them are the result of many genes acting ... cloned in plants and may have been the site of one of the earliest mutations in tomato that led to its selection by humans and subsequent domestication ...
... , and chili peppers. The center of origin and diversity of tomato species is in the northern Andes, where endemic populations ... one compound or gene at a time. Moreover, many, if not most traits in tomato, are not the result of one gene, but of many genes located together ...
... tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly ...
