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28/09/2023

Italy: Puglia hit by hail on September 23

"About 20 hectares of tomatoes damaged by hail, 75 more to harvest." Last Saturday (September 23),…

08/09/2023

TOMATO BITES by Morning Star, September 7 2023 Release

California Tomato Harvest Update: Paving the Way to 12.9 Million Tons. Morning Star colleague James Sherwood…

22/08/2023

California: a study on costs for processing tomato growers – correction

Article initially published on 12  August 2023, republished on 22 August 2023 as the authors notified…

16/08/2023

Blossom-end rot-resistant mutations: advancements in tomato cultivation

Tomatoes are often at risk from blossom-end rot (BER), but a new study has found that…

25/07/2023

The start of El Niño

For the first time in seven years, El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific.…

20/07/2023

ToBRFV detected in Argentina

Phytosanitary alert in the whole country   A team from the Horticultural Phytopathology Laboratory in Bella…

19/07/2023

A high-resistance ToBRFV tomato variety is within reach

A high-resistance ToBRFV tomato variety is within reach – NRGene and Philoseed announce successful resistance validation…

11/07/2023

Europe: a step closer to GMO crops?

According to several Italian media outlets, on June 12, the Italian Senate's agriculture and environment committees…

07/07/2023

The VA.PO.RE. project: the future of organic disease-resistant tomatoes

Four tomato varieties have been identified as being suitable for organic cultivation,  resistant to mildew and/or…