Tomatoes

Agriculture Investments Crop Protection Funding Round

Source Agriculture Corp. Invests in Ascribe Bioscience for Sustainable Crop Protection Solutions

Source Agriculture & RWE Clean Energy Development signed a deal to install wind turbines on Source Agriculture's 158-acre farm in Illinois.

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Controlled Environment Agriculture Partnerships

Grodan & F1 SeedTech Announce Success in Pioneering Cannabis Cultivation Trial

Grodan in partnership with F1 SeedTech announced the results of a cannabis cultivation trial conducted at the CRIC Labs in Montreal.

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Controlled Environment Agriculture

Pure Harvest Smart Farms Launches 100% Natural Tomato Sauces

Pure Harvest Smart Farms launched a new range of 100% natural tomato sauces made from its award-winning, locally grown tomatoes.

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AgriBusiness Controlled Environment Agriculture Digital Solutions Partnerships

Huisman Chrysanten Optimizes Crop Growth with Integrated LED Lighting System

Huisman Chrysanten integrates Philips GrowWise Control System with Hoogendoorn’s IIVO climate computer to further productivity.

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Plant Science Research

Rhizoctonia Root-Rot: Combating Disease in Tomatoes

Key Takeaways Abbas et al. (2024) conducted a study exploring the use of certain bacterial strains to combat Rhizoctonia root-rot in tomatoes. Bacillus velezensis, Bacillus megaterium, and Herpaspirillum huttiense, isolated […]

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New Technology In Agriculture

Study Reveals Gene That Could Enable Mechanical Harvesting of Fresh-Market Tomatoes

Key Takeaways The study by Zhu et al., 2023, focuses on the gene fs8.1, which controls machine-harvestable processing tomatoes’ elongated shape and crush resistance. FS8.1 is a non-canonical GT-2 factor […]

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