Herbicide-resistant tomatoes are being developed by scientists in the USA using wild relatives of the crop

Tomatoes are one of the main vegetable crops in the world, which is grown both in protected and open ground. However, field cultivation of tomatoes, even with plastic soil covering, is associated with the need to control weeds, while the tomatoes themselves easily come under herbicide stress, including when drifted with row crops, and therefore researchers are creating resistant varieties. The AGRO XXI portal has read an article by a team of scientists (Oklahoma State University, Mississippi State University, Bayer Crop Sciences) which reports on the development of herbicide-resistant tomato varieties: “Tomatoes are known for their outstanding antioxidant content, including a rich concentration of lycopene, and are among the key drivers of US agricultural economy. In 2022, annual US tomato production was approximately 11,423,714,520 kg, including both fresh and processed tomatoes, with a total crop value of approximately US$1.7 billion. In Mississippi, the value of tomato ...