tomatoes
Climate change effects depend on crops
In an effort to forecast how climate change may affect agriculture, University of California agricultural economists looked at how climate has affected crop acreage in the past. The effect of temperature changes on plants depends... more »
Vegetable surfaces contribute to foodborne illness
Foodborne illness outbreaks do more than make us sick. Not only can the U.S. economy suffer as a result of reduced worker productivity, particular sectors of the farming industry can experience negative consumer perception, potentially... more »
Searching for speck-resistant tomatoes
The 2015 growing season was a tough one for tomato researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell University, due to the bacterial speck disease that descended on their field. But those infected plants... more »
Seaweed extract benefits petunia, tomato transplants
Seaweed extracts are used widely in agriculture and horticulture production systems. Benefits of the extracts can include early seed germination and establishment, improved crop performance and yield, increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, and... more »
