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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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C. coccodes is known for infecting potato and tomato, and is primarily a pathogen of Solanaceous plants more generally. [3] Heilmann et al., 2006 characterizes genetic varieties and their associations with particular potato hosts. [3]
Physalis ixocarpa – MHNT. The tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica and Physalis ixocarpa), also known as the Mexican husk tomato, is a plant of the nightshade family bearing small, spherical, and green or green-purple fruit of the same name. [1]
Both in Italy and France, a variety of beefsteak tomato is produced which looks like an ox's heart in shape, as it is pointing down. Cuor di boeuf tomato. In Italy, the cuore di bue has been registered, but not in France, where some companies continue naming tomatoes with different qualities cœur de bœuf.
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It will hybridize with common domestic tomatoes. [9] There are annual, biennial, and perennial varieties. [10] Solanum pimpinellifolium is important in tomato breeding.. Its relatedness to tomatoes [11] and ability to freely cross with them has allowed it to be used for the introduction of disease resistance traits in tomato varieties, as well as in the study of the genetic control of tomato ...
Flavr Savr (also known as CGN-89564-2; pronounced "flavor saver"), a genetically modified tomato, was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.