The golden mosaic (begomovirus) and the yellowing (crinivirus) diseases are among the main viral diseases occurring in solanaceous crops in Brazil. A survey of viruses associated with both diseases was conducted on cultivated ...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of irrigation with saline water on fruit quality, yield, and plant nutrition of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars. Tomato cultivation was carried out under protected ...

The dominant lactic acid bacteria specie from tomatoes surface and its effect, as competitive microflora, on tomato purée during storage at 30 °C was investigated. Four genera were found Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. ...

The tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, is one of the main pests of the tomato crop in several countries, mainly in Africa, where it can reduce tomato yield by up to 90%. The biotic potential of ...

Vírus do gênero Begomovirus são transmitidos por mosca-branca Bemisia tabaci G., e constituem um dos problemas fitossanitários sérios em diversas culturas. Plantas de pimentão coletadas em oito regiões do Estado de São ...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ranks as the most important crop among greenhouseplanted crops in terms of cultivated areas (17,800 ha) and production in Argentina. In September 2014, farmers reported that tomato plants of ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of tomato supplementation on the normal rat heart and the role of oxidative stress in this scenario. Male Wistar rats were assigned to two groups: a control group (C; n = ...

Drying kinetics of tomato was studied by using heat pump dryer (HPD) and electric resistance dryers with parallel and crossed airflow. The performance of both systems was evaluated and compared and the influence of ...

This research aims to provide simultaneous predictions of tomato paste's multiple quality traits without any sample preparation by using a field-deployable portable infrared spectrometer. A total of 1843 tomato paste samples ...