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The Cool Down

The Cool Down

Scientists make game-changing observation about tomato's ability to withstand salty soils: 'This challenges some existing ideas'

The Cool Down
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Currant tomato is the closest living wild wild relative of the common tomato.

The currant tomato, Solanum pimpinellifoliumthe, grew best under salty soil in Peru 's deserts.

Researchers had assumed that the healthy, more salt-resistant plants have a way of avoiding excessive salt uptake from the soil.

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