Breeding
- Dixon, M.M., Afkairin, A., Davis, J.G. et al. Tomato domestication rather than subsequent breeding events reduces microbial associations related to phosphorus recovery. Sci Rep 14, 9934 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60775-3
- Chitwood-Brown, J.; Vallad, G.E.; Lee, T.G.; Hutton, S.F. Breeding for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt of Tomato: A Review. Genes 2021, 12, 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12111673
Genomics/Genetics/Bioinformatics
- Sombir Rao, Franz Joseph O’Hanna, Lily Saar, Abhijit Hazra, Olivia Hullihen, James J Giovannoni, Li Li, β-Carotene and its derivatives regulate pollen fertility in tomato, Plant Physiology, Volume 196, Issue 3, November 2024, Pages 1733–1736, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae442
- Garcia, J., Moravek, M., Fish, T. et al. Rhizosphere microbiomes derived from vermicompost alter gene expression and regulatory pathways in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, L.). Sci Rep 14, 21362 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-71792-7
Food Safety & Disease Resistance
- Goforth M, Obergh V, Park R, Porchas M, Brierley P, et al. (2024) Bacterial diversity of cantaloupes and soil from Arizona and California commercial fields at the point of harvest. PLOS ONE 19(9): e0307477. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307477
Nutrition & Quality
- Jisun H.J. Lee, Guddadarangavvanahally K. Jayaprakasha, Juan Enciso, Carlos A. Avila, Kevin M. Crosby, Bhimanagouda S. Patil, Production system influences tomato phenolics and indoleamines in a cultivar-specific manner, Food Research International, Volume 140, 2021, 110016, ISSN 0963-9969, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.110016
Economic Research & Outreach
Vincenzina Caputo, Valerie Kilders, Jayson L. Lusk, The effect of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) on consumer preferences and acceptance of bioengineered and gene-edited food, Food Policy, Volume 130, 2025, 102770, ISSN 0306-9192, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102770.
Crop Management & Extension
Melgarejo, Tomas & Cespedes, Karen & Chen, Li-Fang & Turini, Thomas & Lazicki, Patricia & Vinchesi-Vahl, Amber & Gilbertson, Robert. (2024). Unusual outbreaks of curly top disease in processing tomato fields in northern California in 2021 and 2022 were caused by a rare strain of beet curly top virus and facilitated by extreme weather events. Virology. 591. 109981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2024.109981