New Plants for Florida: Sweet Corn by Brian Scully, Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

“… Today, the sweet corn industry is one of the most robust vegetable industries in Florida, and nationally, sweet corn is ranked second in consumption after tomato. Florida production uses about two dozen hybrids derived from about six different breeding programs. …”
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Purslane: The Reigning Champion of Vitamins A and E among Vegetables and a Potential Crop for Home Gardens by Xueyan Zhang, Mary Dixon, Guodong Liu

“…Levels of vitamin A and E in purslane far surpass those found in broccoli, tomato, and lettuce. A mere 3.5 ounces of purslane can fulfill 81% of an individual's daily vitamin requirements, and up to half a pound can meet the daily needs for both Vitamins A and E. …”
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AutoPVPrimer: A comprehensive AI-Enhanced pipeline for efficient plant virus primer design and assessment. by Abozar Ghorbani, Mahsa Rostami, Elham Ashrafi-Dehkordi, Pietro Hiram Guzzi

“…AutoPVPrimer has been successfully applied to the tomato mosaic virus, proving its adaptability and efficiency. …”
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Spider mites collectively avoid plants with cadmium irrespective of their frequency or the presence of competitors by Godinho, Diogo Prino, Fragata, Inês, de la Masseliere, Maud Charlery, Magalhães, Sara

“…Here, we tested whether the spider mite Tetranychus urticae avoids tomato plants contaminated with cadmium in presence of conspecifics or heterospecifics and depending on the frequency of contaminated plants. …”
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Klang Consumer’s Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Malaysian Good Agricultural Practices (myGAP) Certified Vegetables by Logeswary Kalyana Sundram, Nitanan Koshy Matthew

“…The findings revealed that the consumers were willing to pay, on average, an additional amount of RM 1.58/USD 0.34 using the logistic regression, while between RM 3.47/USD 0.76-RM 6.33/USD 1.40 using bivariate probit regression for myGAP vegetable as compared to the traditional vegetables using tomato as a representative. The findings of this study aimed to create awareness among consumers of the myGAP-certified products.…”
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Pesticide use in vegetable production in rural Uganda - A case study of Kabale District, South western Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Grace, Birungi

“…The study revealed extensive pesticide application in Brassica oleracea; var. capitata (cabbage), Brassica oleracea; var. botrytis (cauliflower), Solanum lycopersicum, (tomato) and Beta vulgaris (beet root). Information obtained using interviews revealed that 16.5% of the traders in Kabale Municipality sold pesticides and 70% of the farmers in the major vegetable growing subcounties of Kaharo, Kyanamira and Kamuganguzi sprayed their vegetables with pesticides. …”
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Metabolome profiling dissects the oat (Avena sativa L.) innate immune response to Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. by Chanel J Pretorius, Paul A Steenkamp, Ian A Dubery

“…The strains were P. syringae pv. coronafaciens (Ps-c), P. syringae pv. tabaci, P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and the hrcC mutant of DC3000. At the seedling growth stage, metabolic alterations in the Dunnart oat cultivar (tolerant to Ps-c) in response to inoculation with the respective P. syringae pathovars were examined following perception and response assays. …”
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Design and experiment of air-suction drum-type seedling seeder for irregular-shaped vegetable seeds by Yanjun Li, Yunqiang Liu, Yichao Ning, Hongxin Wu, Yaqian Zhao

“…Abstract In order to meet the requirements of hole tray seedling transplanting operation for tomato, pepper and other irregular-shaped vegetable seeds, and to solve the problems of poor seeding performance of irregular-shaped vegetable seeder, this study designed an Air-suction Drum-type Precision Seeder. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the PIN gene family in the pepper pedicel abscission zone and during root development by HE Lei, YAN Xi, LAI Wei, LIU Chongzheng, YANG Hong, HE Jianwen

“…Additionally, significant collinearity was observed among the CaPINs, indicating a close genetic relationship with the tomato genome. CaPINs encompass a multitude of elements associated with growth, environmental responses, and hormonal signaling. …”
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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Thomas Beckman

“…This nematode reproduces abundantly on ‘Nemaguard’ and ‘Nemared’ peach rootstocks as well as on other crops (verbena, eggplant, squash, basil, impatiens, tomato, snapdragon, dill, and certain ornamental plants) (Table 1). …”
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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Thomas Beckman

“…This nematode reproduces abundantly on ‘Nemaguard’ and ‘Nemared’ peach rootstocks as well as on other crops (verbena, eggplant, squash, basil, impatiens, tomato, snapdragon, dill, and certain ornamental plants) (Table 1). …”
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Vegetación espontánea en el cinturón hortícola platense hospedante de Thripidae (Thysanoptera) vectores de Tospovirus: riesgo relativo como componente epidemiológico by P. CARRIZO, M.T. AMELA GARCÍA

“…La peste negra es una virosis causada por el Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), transmitida por trips y representa un problema complejo ya que las malezas hospedantes para los trips vectores y el virus acentuado como reservorio del virus y sustento de los vectores. …”
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Antagonism of Eucalyptus endophytic fungi against some important crop fungal diseases by Parmida Aleahmad, Leila Ebrahimi, Naser Safaie, Hassan Reza Etebarian

“…Furthermore, the antifungal activity of the selected isolates was evaluated against plant pathogens on tomato plants under greenhouse conditions. Their impact on plant growth parameters was also assessed. …”
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Situación de las virosis del cultivo de papa en el Sudeste Bonaerense by Andrea E. Salvalaggio, C. Bruno, M.A. Huarte, P.M. López Lambertini

“…El objetivo fue determinar la incidencia de Potato virus Y (PVY), Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV), Potato virus X (PVX) y Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) y la ocurrencia de infecciones mixtas entre estos virus en áreas de producción de papa para consumo e industria y papa-semilla del sudeste de Buenos Aires durante las campañas 2013-2014 a la 2018-2019. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…Fairs and events that combine tourism with the valorization of local products (such as the apple in this case, or the events around local tomato varieties), undoubtedly contribute to these initiatives of socioeconomic revitalization. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…Fairs and events that combine tourism with the valorization of local products (such as the apple in this case, or the events around local tomato varieties), undoubtedly contribute to these initiatives of socioeconomic revitalization. …”
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