Beltsville, MD - A new study by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has demonstrated a significant improvement in biomass and yield in ...

As a result, the scientific name of the tomato became the much shorter Solanum lycopersicum. The first part of the name is the genus, while the second is the name of the species. Scientific texts may ...

Reviewed by David McKinney Biting into summer's first sun-ripened tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the season's sweetest milestones. While grocery stores and farmers markets sell plenty of ...

Spring gardens can be a lot of fun and one of the ways to get a jumpstart on our gardens, but pay close attention to the ...

Rumored to have killed the Roman emperor Augustus, nightshade's berries are notoriously deadly. Tomatoes belong to the same plant family, Solanaceae, and produce toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids too.

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Department for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy Introduction: Soil microbiome transplantation is a promising technique for enhancing ...

Consumers often regard heirloom fruit varieties grown in the garden as more flavorful than commercial varieties purchased at the grocery store. While plant breeders have historically focused on ...