New strategies and tools are required to maintain the yield of processing tomatoes in California, which accounts for 90% of national tomato production. As part of their long-term strategic planning, over the last two years the California Tomato Research Institute (CTRI) generously awarded our proposal to investigate the effect of enhanced suberin deposition in tomatoes as a strategy to improve yield in adverse environmental conditions.
Leadership:
S. Brady
Labmembers:
Alex Canto-Pastor