Tomato

Episode 4 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Tomato" was published on November 3, 2023 and runs 11 minutes.

November 3, 2023 ·11m · Herbarium of the Bizarre

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Summary

Today we’re talking about one of my favorite fruits, the tomato. You’re probably pretty familiar with it, as it’s one of the most popular crops in the world, especially for home gardeners. But there might be a thing or two you didn’t know about this very common food plant. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: “Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Solanine Toxicity (Solanum tuberosum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.)” by Dr. Donald G. Barceloux Genetic Diversity in Plants, Chapter 8: Genetic Diversity in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and its Wild Relatives, by Guillame Bauchet & Mathilde Causse https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221008015 https://www.britannica.com/plant/tomato https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11101-007-9085-x https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408398.2012.657809 https://www.planetnatural.com/tomato-gardening-guru/history/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years-863735/ https://www.uvm.edu/news/extension/history-tomatoes

Episode Description

Today we’re talking about one of my favorite fruits, the tomato. You’re probably pretty familiar with it, as it’s one of the most popular crops in the world, especially for home gardeners. But there might be a thing or two you didn’t know about this very common food plant.

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

“Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Solanine Toxicity (Solanum tuberosum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.)” by Dr. Donald G. Barceloux
Genetic Diversity in Plants, Chapter 8: Genetic Diversity in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and its Wild Relatives, by Guillame Bauchet & Mathilde Causse
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221008015
https://www.britannica.com/plant/tomato
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11101-007-9085-x
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408398.2012.657809
https://www.planetnatural.com/tomato-gardening-guru/history/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years-863735/
https://www.uvm.edu/news/extension/history-tomatoes

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