The mass-produced tomatoes we buy at the grocery store tend to taste more like cardboard than fruit. Now researchers have discovered one reason why: a genetic mutation, common in store-bought tomatoes ...

The future does not look so bright for processing tomato crops. These thick-skinned versions of the red fruit, called processing tomatoes, are easily transported and are used for the production of ...

Global production of processing tomatoes is projected to decrease 6% by 2050, according to a recent study co-authored by University of Texas researchers, which would increase costs for future supplies ...

Pacific Coast Producers installed energy-efficient evaporators at the nation's largest tomato canning facility. (Photo: California Energy Commission) A Terrain analysis found California's decrease in ...

With the per hectare yield of tomatoes estimated at six metric tonnes (MT) short of the 200,000 MT required by processing firms, manufacturers cannot bu look beyond the shores of the land for supply.

Field studies in two Florida locations evaluated and compared anaerobic soil disinfestations (ASD) and chemical soil fumigation (CSF) performance on weed and nematodes control, and on fruit yield and ...

It could be a tomato game-changer: Scientists have discovered a gene that would allow commercial tomato plants to tolerate 24 hours of light a day. In theory, more light exposure means more energy ...

Researchers used crop enterprise budgets to provide baseline information and contrast the economic potential of growing lettuce and tomato under high tunnel and open-field production systems. Results ...

Tomato growers in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region say the uncontrolled importation of raw tomatoes from neighbouring countries, particularly Burkina Faso, is collapsing local ...