The goals of commercial tomato breeders have changed over time. In the late 1800s, the best seed men sought large, round, smooth fruit, over the lumpy or furrowed tomatoes, and they also selected for ...

Every year, a team of experts including David Rodriguez, the Bexar County horticulturist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, works with area nurseries to grow and compare available tomato ...

However, the plants are sensitive to disease, and commercial production usually includes the application of chemical pesticides. West Coast Tomato Growers grows the bright red produce on hundreds ...