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Tomatillo, also known as husk or green tomato, is cultivated in 29 of 32 states in Mexico, with the main production areas located in the states of Sinaloa, Michoacán, Puebla, Sonora, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Hidalgo. The national production of tomatillo in 2006 was 805,721 tons with a value of $259

Tomatillo is an important vegetable in Mexican cuisine. It is of Mesoamerica origin and now is grown widely in the Western Hemisphere. In 2011, 2% of commercially grown tomatillo plants in San Benito County, California exhibited severe stunting with foliage showing mosaic symptoms and leaf

Goldenberry juice was added in ratios of 0% (T1), 20% (T2), 30% (T3), 40% (T4) and 50% (T5) to carrot juice. Then the blends were mixed with sucrose solution (1:1), and pasteurized at 98 °C for 2 min. The produced carrot-goldenberry nectars were analyzed for physicochemical, sensory and microbial

In Guatemala and other Central American countries, whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (begomoviruses) cause economically important diseases of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum annuum). Disease symptoms include stunted and distorted growth and leaf curling, crumpling, light green to

Treatment of rats with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4; 2 ml/kg body weight) once a week for 12 weeks caused a significant decrease in serum levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone. These decreases in sex hormones were reduced with Physalis peruviana L. (Cape

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a begomovirus (Geminiviridae) that causes a serious disease of tomato throughout the world. In 1997, the strain from Israel of TYLCV (TYLCV-IS) was found infecting tomatoes in Florida for the first time in the United States (1). During late spring of 2000,

In 2000, a breeding company submitted a tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) sample from Guatemala for diagnosis. The plants showed necrotic lesions on leaves surrounded by some chlorosis, necrotic streaks on stems, and large superficial necrotic lesions on fruits. By mechanical inoculation of plant sap