As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...

The research highlights the transformative power of RVTs in the breeding of Solanaceae crops. By using engineered viruses, scientists can induce both transient and heritable changes in plant ...

I am a specialist on the taxonomy of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, and have spent much time in the field in Central and South America collecting plants. My particular focus of research is the ...

2) evolution of plant chemical defenses in Solanaceae; and 3) how plants evolve in a multitrophic community. Research: We study the molecular mechanism, evolutionary process and ecological ...

Cape gooseberry is a small, golden-orange fruit encased in a delicate, papery husk. Native to the Andean regions of South ...