Until the last 6-8 years, the priority in the production of professional tomatoes in the greenhouse and in the field was the development of high yielding, disease and pest-tolerant tomato varieties with a long shelf life. Tomato varieties for this purpose were widely used on the market.
Today, studies have been increased in order to develop tomato varieties with superior taste and aroma in accordance with the question of " where are those old tomatoes, old tasty tomatoes ". The new generation tomatoes are both disease and pest tolerant, productive, have a long shelf life, and their color is darker red, and their taste and aroma have been increased to a superior level in 12 months of the year.
Tomatoes are tastier, redder, more juicy and more attractive in summer. Because tomatoes grow and develop by seeing more sun in summer.
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Since tomatoes grow under plenty of sunlight in summer and spring, they combine the sun's energy with mineral nutrients from the soil, and we come across as delicious, high-taste and aromatic tomatoes.
Tomatoes, on the other hand, are less colorful in winter than in summer and are somewhat less tasty. But here, besides the effect of sunlight, the effect of tomato varieties grown is also great.
Because some tomato varieties take color very well in winter and are delicious. Therefore, agricultural engineers and breeding companies that develop tomato varieties with superior characteristics, taking into account consumer demands, develop varieties that are good in terms of color and also superior in flavor and aroma in autumn and winter seasons.
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Ercan ÖZKAYNAK