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The tomato (US: / t ə m eɪ t oʊ /, UK: / t ə m ɑː t oʊ /), Solanum lycopersicum, is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers.
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The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...
Pomodoro means 'tomato' in Italian. [1] More specifically, pomodoro is a univerbation of pomo ('apple') + d ('of') + oro ('gold'), [2] possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow, with the earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) going back to Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1544).
The fruit weight is between 10 and 25 grams. From some researches, it has been discovered that this ecotype is very resistant to the tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) and with a graft that this tolerance is also transmitted to other varieties. [2] [3] This table is about dried tomatoes in oil (for 100 grams).
A Vavilov center or center of origin is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties. [1] Centers of origin were first identified in 1924 by Nikolai Vavilov .
Food historian Lois Ellen Frank calls potatoes, tomatoes, corn, beans, squash, chili, cacao, and vanilla the "magic eight" ingredients that were found and used only in the Americas before 1492 and were taken via the Columbian Exchange back to the Old World, dramatically transforming the cuisine there.
The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designate products that have been produced, processed and developed in a specific geographical area, using ...