Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a devastating pest of tomato originating from South America has been recorded in Serbia on three localities: in tomato main greenhouse and open field production area located in the vicinity of town Leskovac (South Serbia), in surroundings of the village Donji Vrtogoš (near town Vranje, South Serbia) and in a greenhouses...

HIGHLIGHTS Pesticide residues in foods can result extremely harmful impacts on human health. its have been identified tomatoes. There was no of chronic dietary exposure risk to pesticides through The tomatoes were safe for consumption.

Postharvest losses (PHL) are incurred in the tomato value chain in Ghana and solar drying of tomato is a promising technology for reducing the loss. However, there are concerns on the usage, functionality and sensory appeal of the dried products to consumers, compounded with the lack of information and research on dried tomato processing in Ghana. A survey was carried out by administering semis...

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Monitoring the growth of crops and estimating their yield allows the farmer to better manage the resources after the harvest. The existing methods for monitoring the growth of crops depend on remote sensing data or soil and weather information, which are prone to error due to adverse climatic conditions or insufficient information. Here we present an alternative approach, where the growth of th...

Carrot, tomato and papaya represent important dietary sources of β-carotene and lycopene. The main objective of the present study was to compare the bioavailability of carotenoids from these food sources in healthy human subjects. A total of sixteen participants were recruited for a randomised cross-over study. Test meals containing raw carrots, tomatoes and papayas were adjusted to deliver an ...

BACKGROUND Commercial available skin prick test with fruits can be negative in sensitized or allergic patients due to a reduction in biological activity during the manufacturing process. Prick-prick tests with fresh foods are often preferred, but they are a non-standardized procedure. The usefulness of freeze-dried extracts of Canary Islands tomatoes, comparing the wheal sizes induced by prick ...

Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill is a vegetable crop of large importance throughout the world. Its annual production accounts for 107 million metric tons with fresh market tomato representing 72 % of the total (FAO, 2002). It is the first horticultural crop in Tunisia with a production area of 25,000 hectares and a total harvest of 1.1 million metric tons (DGPA, 2009) of which nearly 70 % a...