Le Jardin De Rabelais signs contract with Philips Lighting for all-year-round tomato crop growth
French tomato grower announces plans to double use of Philips LED horticultural lighting to expand production and provide consistent tomato crop taste and quality all-year round for customers Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, announced a new contract with French premium tomato grower, Le Jardin de Rabelais. In conjunction with horticulture […]
The unique taste of ‘smoky’ tomatoes is caused by one missing enzyme
This is the result of research by Wageningen UR, which studied the taste of 94 tomato varieties using expert taste panels. The tomatoes were also evaluated for their metabolite content, such as aroma volatiles, and for their DNA composition. When a tomato plant is able to produce the identified enzyme, it converts precursors of the […]
