A new study published in Nature Communications has revealed how an everyday item is reverting to a previous form.

More information: Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08619-6a Provided by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ...

In an unexpected discovery, researchers have found that wild tomatoes in the Galápagos Islands seem to be evolving in reverse. This fascinating phenomenon, previously thought to be rare, suggests that ...

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Nine new species of Solanum and two of Capsicum are described from Bolivia. Notes are provided on some other species, including the complex typification of Solanum aridum. Capsicum caballeroi, C.

'Glasnevin' is slightly hardier than the species Solanum crispum, but even so I prefer to grow it in a sheltered part of the garden, preferably against a south or west-facing wall.

Some social media users online identified the fruit, which looks similar to a cherry tomato, as a solanum psuedocapsicum – also known as a Jerusalem cherry or winter cherry. The plant is native ...

Every visitor to the Quantum Moon lands at the south pole. Get out of your ship and look around. There are two things we’re looking for near here: The Quantum Shrine, and Solanum’s Shuttle.

In the genus Solanum, a member of the nightshade family that includes economically important crops such as tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers and potatoes, such traits are especially common.

A field study has shown that the primitive frost-resistant species Solanum ajanhuiri comprises more intra-specific variability than previously reported. A new group of 5 cultivars of S. ajanhuiri ...