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 […]

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 […]

MONTROSE, Pa. — The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners in Susquehanna County are hosting a Make Your Own Tomato Cages program on Saturday, May 7 (rain or shine) 10:00 am to 1:30 pm at the Penn State Extension Office, 88 Chenango Street in Montrose. You will learn how to make extremely sturdy, long lasting tomato […]

WASHINGTON — Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging virus that is damaging to tomatoes as well as other crops, including peppers. In a recent study, Dr. Ling and colleagues at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina conducted comprehensive experiments to evaluate two key properties: experimental host […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — A new high-flavor, shelf-stable grape tomato is the latest variety released from Cornell University aimed at small farmers, organic growers and home gardeners. Moonshadow, a deeply pigmented purplish-red, oblong tomato, was bred using traditional crossing methods and derived from a cross between a black grape tomato and a high-flavor orange grape tomato. […]