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Wild tomato genome will benefit domesticated cousins
June 28, 2022
ITHACA, N.Y. — A team of researchers has assembled a reference genome for Solanum lycopersicoides, a wild relative of the cultivated tomato, and developed web-based tools to help plant researchers and breeders improve the crop. Solanum lycopersicoides (S. lycopersicoides) harbors a gene making the plant resistant to a particular strain of bacterial speck disease. The gene […]
Why are my tomato leaves curling?
May 16, 2022
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As the weather warms up and everything in the garden begins to grow, some gardeners may notice their tomato plants have twisting or curling leaves. Although the yellowing of tomato leaves is one problem, the curling of tomato plant leaves is often quite another. According to Joe Masabni, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service vegetable […]