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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)…

17/02/2023

Study: Growing food under solar panels with less water

“It is time to start thinking about light and solar radiation as resources that can be…

23/01/2023

Portugal: conservation agriculture applied to processing tomatoes

Pioneering project applies the principles of conservation agriculture to growing tomatoes for industrial processing    Supported…

20/12/2022

Tomato waste is now being used in cosmetics

A French company, Phenix en Provence, a joint-venture between the Coopérative Agricole Provence Languedoc (CAPL) and Inaturals,…