Science news articles about 'tomato'

  • Tomato of the Sea

    ... from the University of Pisa ran an experiment to see if different varieties of cherry tomatoes could be grown with seawater. They grew plants watered with normal irrigation water alongside plants ...
  • Tomato stands firm in face of fungus

    Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level. The story of how the plant beat the pathogen, and what it ...
  • Genetic sleuths unmask secrets of big tomatoes

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The secret behind growing large tomatoes lies not in the fertilizer or the perfect soil conditions, but in just a few genetic changes that over time have resulted in tomatoes 1,000 ...
  • Certain form of tomatoes could be key to prostate cancer prevention

    ... paste alone had prostate tumors. “Before this study, researchers attributed the protective effect of tomatoes to ascorbic acid, carotenoids or phenolic compounds. FruHis may represent a novel type of ...
  • CDC: Tomatoes eyed in salmonella cases in 9 states

    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....
  • U.S. tomato warning expanded nationwide

    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.
  • McDonald's stops serving raw sliced tomatoes

    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....
  • Even before tomato warning, many Americans lacked confidence in the food safety system

    ... cheese products (35%), and infant formula (35%). "For many Americans, the outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes will be regarded as an unusual threat, because they generally do not see eating fruits ...
  • Why it takes so long to trace a bad tomato

    ... detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one after ...
  • Salmonella can ride water into tomatoes

    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....
  • Extension has tomato-handling tips for consumers

    The discovery of Salmonella in certain tomato varieties has caused a series of food-poisoning outbreaks throughout the United States and put the media and the public's eye on food safety. Renee Boyer, ...
  • CDC: 756 ill from salmonella-tainted tomatoes

    (AP) -- The official toll from salmonella-tainted tomatoes continues to rise: The government counted 756 confirmed illnesses Thursday.
  • Evolution of fruit size in tomato

    ... 2, was the first ever 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. The size of tomato fruit ...
  • The 21st century tomato

    ... these metabolic systems 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 in chromosomal regions called ...
  • The tomato of the 21st century

    When tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly coloured, aromatic, and tasty fruits. This familiar and seemingly commonplace transformation ...

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