A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. This genus includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and other economically important ...

Some plants and tomatoes just don't get along. Here are 13 plants you should never grow too close to your tomato crop if you really want a good harvest.

Picture juicy red tomatoes on the vine. What do you see? Some tomato varieties have straight vines. Others are branched. The question is why. New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) ...

Solanum nigrum. Uses. ... Leaves may contain a toxic element. Seeds may be above-average for angiospermous plants in the amino acids Alanine, Phenylalanine, and Threonine. Photo Gallery. Solanum ...

Elephants, however, often rip the whole plant out of the ground and stuff it into their mouths. Impalas devour the plant's fruit — one impala in the study ate 18 fruit in just a few minutes ...

Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on potato plants. A new ...

Scientists found the gene in the Solanum americanum plant, which appears to offer protection against all races of potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). Read more.

Plants that need water or have recently had their stems cut produce up to roughly 35 sounds per hour, ... (Solanum lycopersicum) plants in small boxes kitted out with microphones.

A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum, created by Penn State biologists, helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. This genus includes tomatoes, potatoes ...