With their rainbow colors and odd shapes and sizes, the appeal of heirloom tomatoes is undeniable. But more than just a pretty face, these darlings of the summer farmers market also represent ...

Tomatoes are big business in California. Of the 12.7 million tons of tomatoes grown in the United States last year to be processed into ketchup, pasta sauce or canned tomato products, California ...

For Ojai-based tomato expert and self-described “tomatomaniac” Scott Daigre, there is no such dilemma as having “too many tomatoes.” Every year, Daigre hosts Tomatomania, a traveling pop-up sale of ...

Jerusalem, April 6, 2010 -- Spectacularly increased yields and improved taste have been achieved with hybrid tomato plants by researchers at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

More than 40 million home gardens will be going in this spring and nearly all will have a tomato plant of some variety -- heirloom or hybrid. Tomatoes are by far the most popular edible plant home ...

A pilot hybrid tomatoes production project has been established in Kano state by Dangote farms for its tomatoes processing plants in the state. The Managing Director of the Dangote Farms, Alhaji ...

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Using biotechnology and pest-management tools, researchers at the University of California, Davis, helped re-establish the Dominican Republic tomato processing industry after a deadly tomato virus ...