News tagged with tomato plants

Plant pathologists put the squeeze on citrus disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- With Florida's $9 billion citrus industry threatened by a deadly bacterial disease, Rick Kress '73 asked scientists at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva for ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Research examines virus infection's differing effects on plants, insects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomato spotted wilt virus can be deadly for many important plants, but have little effect on the plants' small insect hosts. Research by a Kansas State University plant pathologist and two students is examining ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research finds molecular 'maturation clock' that modulates branching architecture in tomato plants

The secret to pushing tomato plants to produce more fruit might not lie in an extra dose of Miracle-Gro. Instead, new research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) suggests that an increase in fruit yield ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers learn how pathogen causes speck disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered how the structure of a protein allows a certain bacteria to interfere with the tomato plant's immune system, causing bacterial speck disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whitefly, tomato growers find truce in new Texas variety

The whitefly in Texas may be sending up a surrender flag to tomato processors in the state thanks to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist developing a new variety that resists the virus spread by this pesky ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Vermicompost beneficial for organically grown tomatoes

A study evaluated the effects of adding vermicompost to substrates in organically grown greenhouse tomatoes. Results showed the incorporation of vermicompost into organic substrates to be beneficial in terms of growth and ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Under lab conditions, Salmonella can reach tomato fruits through leaves, study shows

Food-safety experts have long believed that Salmonella bacteria could only enter tomatoes through wounds in the stem or fruit — but a new University of Florida laboratory study shows it can also happen another way.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Finding a way to extend tomato shelf-life

Tomatoes spend so much time on shelves and in refrigerators that an estimated 20 percent are lost to spoilage, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smart fungus disarms plant, animal and human immunity

Fungal and bacterial pathogens are well capable of infecting plants, animals and humans despite their immune systems. Fungi penetrate leafs, stalks and roots, or skin, intestines and lungs, to infect their ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Demystifying yield fluctuations for greenhouse tomatoes

Growing tomatoes is not always easy. In many parts of the world summers are too hot to grow tomatoes in greenhouses, even those with intricate cooling systems. In cooler climates where tomatoes are grown year-round ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tomato gene may fend banana against formidable fungus

(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins from the fungus Cladosporium fulvum, which causes leaf blight in tomato plants, are very similar to the proteins of the fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis, which causes the much-feared black Sigato ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Genetic key discovered to dramatically increase yields and improve taste of hybrid tomato plants

Spectacularly increased yields and improved taste have been achieved with hybrid tomato plants by researchers at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University and ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Single gene dramatically boosts yield, sweetness in tomato hybrids

Giving tomato breeders and ketchup fans something to cheer about, a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientist and his colleagues at the Hebrew University in Israel have identified a gene that pushes hybrid ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 28, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The quality of the tomato depends more on temperature than on natural light

A team from the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker-Tecnalia, Spain) has questioned the generally held belief that the quality of tomatoes depends primarily on their exposure to natural light ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Prevent tomato late blight next growing season

(PhysOrg.com) -- Across the northeast, home gardeners expecting the usual bumper crop of tomatoes this season were dismayed to find their plants affected by late blight, the same fungus that caused Ireland's potato famine ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0