The pathogen responsible for bacterial spot of tomato is spreading rapidly around the world. A new study shows show how the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gardeners, many of you have grown tomatoes at home and will understand my ...

“This is a problem because when new genetic variation arrives in Florida, it may cause new problems, like more severe disease ...

Tomatoes represent a $1.9 billion annual crop nationwide. They’re planted on 330,000 acres across 18 states, but diseases ...

Tomato plants are the most popular vegetable in American gardens. Many gardeners also consider them an easy crop to grow, though it can be a challenge to keep them healthy for an entire season. Where ...

Some offer both purple fruit and purplish leaves, though these are arguably not as commonplace. Unless you have a specific variety of tomato plants ... tomatoes in the garden can help you quickly spot ...

In general, the pot experiment revealed a severe impact of bacterial wilt on the healthy growth of tomato seedlings, leading to a significant reduction in biomass, physicochemical properties, and ...

(Gary Vallad, UF/IFAS)) Bacterial spot travels when plants get infected with the pathogen and can survive in tomato seeds shipped anywhere in the world. For the 12-year study, scientists collected ...

He explained that the detailed genetic information will empower scientists to better monitor the disease and develop more effective, long-lasting resistance in tomato plants. “Past efforts to breed ...

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