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New work by Alex Cantó-Pastor (left) and Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, shows how tomato plants protect themselves from drought by waterproofing their roots. The findings could ...

When water supplies are low, tomato roots produce suberin—the molecule that gives wine corks and waxy potato skins their water-repellent qualities—to control water flow.

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Acidic soils pose a major threat to crop yields due to toxic aluminum ions, especially in sensitive plants like tomato.

One year I helped my grandparents plant tomatoes. “I don’t know what you did with those tomato plants,” my grandfather said, “but this is the best darn harvest we’ve ever had.” Here ...

Tomato roots will only grow once the soil temperatures reach around 65 to 70 degrees, usually occurring naturally in mid-May. Remember, it is the root development that drives the top growth.