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The tomato (see pronunciation) is the edible, often red, fruit of the plant "Solanum lycopersicum", commonly known as a tomato plant.
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The tomato (see pronunciation) is the edible, often red, fruit of the plant "Solanum lycopersicum", commonly known as a tomato plant. The plant belongs to the nightshade family, "Solanaceae". The species originated in western South America. The Nahuatl (Aztec language) word "tomatl" gave rise to the Spanish word "tomate", from which the English word tomato derived. Its use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Peru and Ecuador. The Spanish discovered the tomato from their contact with the Aztec peoples during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, then brought it to Europe, and, from there, to other parts of the European colonized world during the 16th century.
Solanaceae
The Solanaceae, or nightshades, are an economically important family of flowering plants. The family ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of important agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals. Many members of the family contain potent alkaloids, and some are highly toxic, but many, including tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell/chili peppers, and tobacco are widely used. The family belongs to the order Solanales, in the asterid group and class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons). The Solanaceae consists of about 98 genera and some 2,700 species, with a great diversity of habitats, morphology and ecology.
Neoleucinodes elegantalis
Neoleucinodes elegantalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It ìs found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. There are multiple generations per year. Eggs are laid either singly or in clusters on the petiole or sepals of flowers and the calyx of fruit. The larvae feed by burrowing into the fruit of "Solanum" species, including "Solanum lycopersicum", "Solanum melongena", "Solanum aethiopicum", "Solanum betaceum", "Solanum quitoense", "Solanum sessiliflorum", "Solanum acerifolium", "Solanum atropurpureum", "Solanum crinitum", "Solanum torvum", "Solanum hirtum", "Solanum lycocarpum", "Solanum pseudolulo", "Solanum viarum" and "Solanum sisymbriifolium", as well as "Capsicum annuum".
Colorado potato beetle
The Colorado potato beetle ("Leptinotarsa decemlineata"), also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle or the potato bug, is a major pest of potato crops. It is approximately long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra. Native to America, it spread rapidly in potato crops across America and then Europe from 1859 onwards. The Colorado potato beetle was first observed in 1811 by Thomas Nuttall and was formally described in 1824 by the American entomologist Thomas Say. The beetles were collected in the Rocky Mountains where they were feeding on the buffalo bur, "Solanum rostratum".
Solanine
Solanine is a glycoalkaloid poison found in species of the nightshade family within the genus "Solanum", such as the potato ("Solanum tuberosum"), the tomato ("Solanum lycopersicum"), and the eggplant ("Solanum melongena"). It can occur naturally in any part of the plant, including the leaves, fruit, and tubers. Solanine has pesticidal properties, and it is one of the plant's natural defenses. Solanine was first isolated in 1820 from the berries of the European black nightshade ("Solanum nigrum"), after which it was named. It belongs to the chemical family of saponins. Solanine poisoning is primarily displayed by gastrointestinal and neurological disorders.
Solanum pimpinellifolium
Solanum pimpinellifolium, commonly known as the currant tomato, is a wild species of tomato native to Ecuador and Peru but naturalized elsewhere, such as the Galápagos Islands. Its small fruits are edible, and it is commonly grown in gardens as an heirloom tomato, although it is considered to be wild rather than domesticated as is the commonly cultivated tomato species "Solanum lycopersicum". Its genome was recently sequenced. It will hybridize with common domestic tomatoes. There are annual, biennial, and perennial varieties. "Solanum pimpinellifolium" is important in tomato breeding. Its relatedness to tomatoes and ability to freely cross with them has allowed it to be used for the introduction of disease resistance traits in tomato varieties, as well as in the study of the genetic control of tomato traits such as fruit shape and size.
Leucinodes cordalis
Leucinodes cordalis, the poroporo fruit borer or eggfruit caterpillar, is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia (Sulawesi). In Australia, it has been reported from Norfolk Island, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. The length of the forewings is 13.5–15 mm. The forewings are off white with brown tips, as well as a pattern of pale brown blotches. There are two generations per year in New Zealand. In Australia, there may be more generations. The larvae feed on "Solanum melongena", "Solanum muricatum", "Solanum aviculare", "Solanum lycopersicum", "Solanum esuriale", "Solanum americanum", "Solanum tuberosum", "Capsicum annuum", "Datura wrightii" and "Datura stramonium".