Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is an important crop in the fresh produce and food-processing industry, with one of the highest production yields for edible crops in the world. Due to the variation in consumer palatability and preference, tomato cultivars are diverse in terms of shape, color, taste and functional materials compared to major cereal crops. Accordingly, rapid and efficient breedi...

Background Torradoviruses are an emerging group of picorna-like plant virus from the family Secoviridae that infect tomato and other Solanaceae species. The genus Torradovirus include four species: Tomato torrado virus (ToTV), first found in Europe, and afterward in Central America and Australia; Tomato apex necrosis virus (ToANV), present in Mexico; Tomato chocolate spot virus (ToChSV) and Tom...

The aim of study was to investigate ethylene sensitivity different types tomatoes and the effects on their postharvest performance. For that purpose, beefsteak, heirloom cluster tomato fruit were harvested at breaker maturity stage divided into two groups one which treated with 150 μL L−1 other untreated for comparison. Ethylene stored 12 °C 90+5% relative humidity 35 days subsamples removed ev...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a model plant of the Solanaceae family. Various biological aspects of tomato have been investigated with molecular biological approaches, and a significant amount of DNA and protein sequencing data on tomato has been accumulated. Recently, the number of tomato genome sequences in the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases has been rapidly increasing due to ...

The amounts of three flavonoids, quercetin, kaempferol, and myricetin, in tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and tomato-based products produced in Turkey has been determined by reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RPHPLC) with UV detection. The HPLC profiles of five types of tomato, one commercial composite tomato juice, and three types of tomato paste, were obtained after aci...

A dog with Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica, CJ) pollinosis had oral allergy syndrome (OAS) after ingesting fresh tomato. The dog showed specific IgE to both CJ and tomato allergens. As a negative control, twenty dogs without atopic dermatitis that had no exposure to tomato and no specific IgE to CJ allergen were used. They had no specific IgE to tomato allergen. Furthermore, IgE cross-reac...

UNLABELLED Background: The role of allergens in the severity of tomato allergy symptoms has not yet been studied. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between severe allergic reactions to peach and tomato and between tomato allergy symptoms and the pattern of IgE positivity for rPru p 1, rPru p 3, rPru p 4, rBetv 1, rBetv 2, rBetv4, rPhl p 1, and rPhl p 12 in order to identify the role of ...