Thursday, February 2, 2012

Virus-resistant tomato may hold hope for industry ‎

Field tomato growersfrom Florida to Texas say a new virus-resistant variety developed by vegetable breeders at Texas A&M University may provide a glimmer of hope for an industry that has been decimated by a raging virus complex spread by the dreaded whitefly.

The disease outbreak has been so intense that it has destroyed virtually all field tomato production in the vegetable-rich Rio Grande Valley and has challenged growers from Florida to Arizona who have been losing ground to Canadian and Mexican tomato imports in recent years.

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