SOLANACEAE

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SOLANACEAE
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Lycopersicon lycopersicum
SPAIN
MEXICO
PERU
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NIGHTSHADE
Tobacco
Mandrake
Jimson Weed
Henbane
Belladonna
Bittersweet
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Love Apple
Wolf Peach
Toxic Hallucinogenic Narcotic Glyco-Alkaloids So
lanidine/ tomatine
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NEW ORLEANS
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USDA YEAR 2000 90 PER PERSON
CONSUMED 1/5 FRESH 21 MILLION MT
COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED 830 THOUSAND MT
IMPORTED 474 THOUSAND MT EXPORTED
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USDA STATS TOMATOES COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
21,551,987.3 MT in 2000 FRESH 26,766.6 MT
1,160,130,000.00 PROCESSED 4,925,220.7 MT
663,467,000.00 (2204.62 1 MT)
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TOMATOES
Lycopersicon lycopersicum also called
L.(esculentum)
CURRENT TOMATOES
L. pimpinellifolium also wild spp.
L.pruvianum L.hirsutum L.pennellii
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TYPICAL SOLANACEAE FLOWER
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WILD SPECIES VARIATION
HAND POLLINATION
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TRIPLOIDY 3n
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MOISTURE TEMPERATURE KEY IN
PREPARATION AND STORAGE

• FERMENT
• CLEAN
• TREAT 122F, 25 min.
• DRY 95F, 3-8 moisture
• STORE/FREEZE
• GERMINATION TEST

LABEL! LABEL! LABEL!
INVEST IN A THERMOMETER!
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DEVILS FRUIT TO HEAVENS CURE
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TOMATO SEED CROPS 1. Know your
germplasm and your market choose
suitable plants 2. Monitor pollination 3. Monitor
water, nutrients (good farming methods) 4. Rogue
and mark seed plants during key eating stage. 5.
Prepare and save choice seed under optimum
conditions.
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