Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) are beloved by gardeners, with over 10,000 possible types to grow. These leafy annuals grow juicy, flavorful fruits in shades of red, yellow, orange ...

some cheap imported tomatoes are grown under polytunnels, picked under-ripe, then artificially ripened with ethylene gas, a plant hormone. Sun-warmed tomatoes picked straight from the vine are ...

Smaller tomato plants are easier to move indoors, so pick up your pruners and clip away excess foliage or damaged leaves. When you’re done, you should be left with about 1 to 2 feet of the plant ...

While there’s limited scientific support for sound improving plant health, there’s a growing amount of evidence about the benefits of mechanical stimulation, like touch, wind or rain. Researchers ...

plant anatomy and plant physiology; and Soil science, which includes soil chemistry, soil fertility and management, soil physics, soil microbiology and biochemistry, environmental microbiology, soil ...

Give a bee access to a tomato flower, and she'll glom on and quiver fiercely as she feeds, letting loose a cloud of pollen that hits the plant's stigma (the tip of the female anatomy) and also ...

plant anatomy and/or plant physiology with thesis research in one of those areas. Soil Science involves course work and thesis research in soil chemistry, soil fertility and management, soil physics, ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables to grow, and if you want to pick the biggest, tastiest crop it’s essential to feed your plants. Using a good liquid feed will give you sweet, ripe ...

Italian tomato purée is the most acclaimed variety. For the best flavour, buy tomato purée in jars rather than cans or tubes. There is also a ‘double concentrated’ version of purée ...

There are two types of tomatoes — plants that grow in a bush and plants that cascade (which need staking). The bush varieties are self-supporting (no staking needed), produce early in the ...

Australia's tomato supply chain is bracing for disruption and potential price hikes, while hundreds of jobs have already been lost, following the discovery of an exotic plant virus that has ...

Perfection Fresh says it will cut jobs due to the impact of a virus that has been detected in its tomato plants. The company is one of three businesses hit by tomato brown rugose fruit virus in ...