date:Jul 17, 2018
Brazilian researchers have developed a new cherry tomato that contains higher levels of sugar and lycopene, and that presents a greater natural resistance to diseases.
According to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, the research, which was led by scientists from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa) and was performed in collaboration with the Agrocinco company, began in 2007.
The tomato, cultivated with genetic improvement methods in the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Bahia, Ceara