Can Using Red Mulch Really Increase Your Tomato Harvest?
It's hard to believe that something a simple as the color of plastic mulch might have an effect on the number of tomatoes you ...
Heartier Heinz? How scientists are learning to help tomatoes beat the heat
Biologists at Brown University found what makes some types of tomatoes more heat tolerant, yielding insights that could help ...
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Phytoform says its gene-edited tomato could produce ‘up to 400% more fruit’ in a vertical farm
Phytoform utilizes gene editing to accelerate changes that might naturally occur through traditional breeding methods.
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CRISPR builds a big tomato that’s actually sweet
Rotten tomatoes no more: growing sweeter tomatoes is possible by editing just two of the fruit’s genes. Deleting the genes ...
Decatur couple tending monster tomato, pepper plants
Pam Riddle's garden is home to two monsters — a 14-foot tomato plant and an 8-foot jalapeno pepper plant, both are straining the framework trellis to which they are tied. The two were even bigger ...
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Tomatoes have a molecular trick to survive in extreme heat
Thermotolerance, or the ability of a plant to withstand extreme temperatures, could be a promising way to confront climate ...
Smart surveillance system improves tomato plant monitoring with high-speed disease detection, fruit counting
Tomatoes are a critical source of nutrients and remain one of the most widely cultivated fruits globally. However, intensive ...
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Smart surveillance system revolutionizes tomato plant monitoring with high-speed disease detection and fruit counting
0174) published in Plant Phenomics on 15 April 2024, revolutionizes greenhouse management and prevents disease spread. The research utilized YOLOX, NanoDet, and YOLO-TGI algorithms to evaluate the ...