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08/01/2021

Benefits of the gene editing technologies

Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their A-game Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba demonstrated…

17/12/2020

Potential for four EFSA health claims for tomato products

Historic research delivers 4 x EFSA health claims for tomato products and a fifth on its…

20/11/2020

EU: health claims regulation is not working

Health claims are considered at best as “just marketing”, at worst as “scientific jargon” EU health…

15/10/2020

Thrombosis and COVID-19: A potential role for tomatoes

A review article entitled ‘Thrombosis and COVID-19: The Potential Role of Nutrition’ has recently been published…

21/09/2020

Webinar: 35th Annual Tomato Disease Workshop

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 annual Tomato Disease Workshop organised by UC Davis…

24/08/2020

The missing link between modern tomatoes and their wild ancestors

“Expanding the geographical range where tomato can be grown” The tomato’s path from wild plant to…

20/08/2020

Spain: the pandemic has exhausted stocks

The season began in an unprecedented context Despite appearances, the start of the harvest season in…

14/08/2020

Publication: Genomic Designing for Climate-Smart Tomato

By Mathilde Causse, Jiantao Zhao, Isidore Diouf, Jiaojiao Wang, Veronique Lefebvre, Bernard Caromel, Michel Génard and…

31/07/2020

Israel: a tomato that fights degenerative eye diseases

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported that a team of Israeli scientists has developed Xanthoma, a…