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11/05/2021

Analysis of mold in tomato products

On May 27th Dr. Elisabeth Varga from University Vienna will talk about “Alternaria toxins in tomato…

10/05/2021

Tomato’s wild ancestor is a genomic reservoir for plant breeders

Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with…

02/04/2021

Research: Dietary suggestions for carotenoids

EU COST project EUROCAROTENE: “From carotenoid intake to carotenoid blood and tissue concentrations – implications for…

09/03/2021

Webinar: Tomato Products, Blood Health and Labelling

Tomato News hosted a Tomato Foundation webinar on the 25th February, providing a complete update on the…

08/03/2021

Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug

Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become…

12/02/2021

Genes have been identified that could be involved in the flavor of tomatoes

According to an INRAE publication published mid-August 2020, “a meta-analysis of the genomes of 775 tomato…

11/02/2021

HARNESSTOM Project: to improve the quality of tomatoes from the seed

HARNESSTOM aims to demonstrate that increasing use of Genetic Resources is key for food safety and…

15/01/2021

Event: UCCE Processing Tomato Production Virtual Meeting

Due to the current meeting restrictions, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) is organising an…

11/01/2021

Japan: breeders launch genome edited tomato

"We hope that our products will be useful for your health" The end of 2020 saw…