Follow these expert-approved gardening techniques to grow this fruit in the comfort of your home.

Pulling out your tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) by the roots at the end of the season might feel like a proper cleanup. But it could be the number one mistake you can make in your garden. This ...

It's no surprise that tomatoes are a popular edible plant— so popular, in fact, that they're the one of the most consumed vegetables in the world, second only to potatoes. Growing them yourself comes ...

New work by Alex Cantó-Pastor (left) and Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, shows how tomato plants protect themselves from drought by waterproofing their roots. The findings could ...

Time-lapse of growing a tomato plant from freshly slice to semi-mature plant over 38 days. A slice from Grocery bought tomato ...

Are you in a race to have the first vine-ripened tomato on the block? Many of us can hardly wait to pick the first one of the season. We all know the flavor is superior to any grocery store purchase.

Nothing can compare to the taste of a fresh, juicy tomato. Native to Central and South America, they were domesticated in Mexico and Central America. Although commonplace now, American colonists in ...

Many gardeners know how rewarding it is to grow and harvest tomatoes. But just as deflating is seeing your hard work go to waste due to bugs dining on your fruits. Anyone with experience growing this ...

New work by Prof. Siobhan Brady and Alex Cantó-Pastor at the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences shows how tomato plants can make themselves more drought-tolerant by producing a waxy substance, ...