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New discoveries regarding tomato hormones can increase total yield

phys.org New discoveries regarding tomato hormones can increase total yield

In an article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) in Brazil describe for the first time how strigolactones, plant hormones discovered several decades ago, control flo...

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But what happens when humans ingest said hormone by eating these tomatoes?

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- I imagine not much if you are not a tomato plant.
  
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- You grow tomatoes in strange, new places.
  
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  Used to get kidney stones now I get kidney tomatoes.
  
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Would it make it even more tasteless

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(Nerd warning) So awesome to see strigolactones on lemmy. Any other strigolactone researchers out there? I mostly work on the receptor protein D14.

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I'll be honest, I really don't need to increase the yield of my cherry tomato plants lol

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- I’ll say! And they spread so virulently, too. Next thing you know, you’re selling dried cherry tomatoes on the local farmer’s market.
  
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