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24/08/2023

France: Phenix en Provence brand to use tomato in cosmetics!

Tomatoes – a super ingredient for cosmetics! On 7 July 2023, several dozen people came to…

21/06/2023

TomatoEurope position on Alternaria

TomatoEurope, the federation regrouping the European tomato processors, has been since its existence continuously striving to…

20/06/2023

India: Researchers develop system recognizing tomato leaf diseases

“Manually inspecting for plant diseases is a labour-intensive and ineffective approach” Indian scientists developed a system…

13/06/2023

Study: Genetically editing tomatoes increases their anti-inflammatory activities

Researchers in Tokyo, Japan, genetically modified tomato and potato plants to produce betacyanin and tested the…

12/06/2023

Study: Could new cancer drugs come from potatoes and tomatoes?

Future cancer drugs may one day be formulated from glycoalkaloids found in plants from the genus…

12/06/2023

EU: The Commission investigates Alternaria toxins

Alternaria species are fungi widely distributed in the soil as normal components of its microflora, and…

03/05/2023

EFSA proposes slashing exposure limits for BPA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has proposed a tolerable daily intake for the widely used…

02/05/2023

Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative

Stressed tomato plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from over a meter away  What…

03/03/2023

Hungary: New type of resistance breaking strain of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)

 Researchers from Plant Protection Institute (Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, in Budapest, Hungary)…