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Originating from South America, tomato is now produced all over the world. After a slow propagation in European Mediterranean countries since the sixteenth century, it has started to be largely cultivated in the twentieth century. It has experienced spectacular growth over the last 50 years both for processing tomato and fresh market. The growth of global trade reflects the rise in consumption, with a recent increase in Asia, notably in China, which has become the first producer in the last years.
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Colvine, S., Branthôme, F.X. (2016). The Tomato: A Seasoned Traveller. In: Causse, M., Giovannoni, J., Bouzayen, M., Zouine, M. (eds) The Tomato Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53389-5_1
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