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Jeremie Chabanis of Syngenta Seeds talks about the work of vegetable seed breeding during a tour of the Syngenta Tomato Vision greenhouse near Amsterdam.
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Tomato virus prompts race for resistance

Global tomato breeders are putting tremendous resources into breeding resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus

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Tomato breeders are racing to breed resistance to the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus. It emerged first in Israel in 2014 and has since spread to Europe, North America and Asia. Why it matters: Closed systems like greenhouses can be hit hard by damaging viruses so growers are eager to have resistance in popular varieties. […] Read more
Since 2019, Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable growers have been dealing with tomato brown rugose fruit virus, which makes tomatoes unmarketable.
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Anti-viral technologies can reduce pathogen transmission in the greenhouse

Pandemic battle to reduce COVID transmission gave researchers a unique opportunity to study anti-viral potential in tomatoes

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Three new anti-viral technologies could help prevent the transmission of both COVID-19 and a plant virus that affects tomatoes in commercial greenhouses. That’s according to a recent Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) research project to refine and apply technologies used in other industries to greenhouses to test their effectiveness at inhibiting virus transmission. The project […] Read more

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