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C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center

A genebank of tomato wild relatives, mutants and other genetic stocks

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Holle and Contreras collecting S. chilense LA2747

Miguel Holle, Authority on the Wild Tomatoes of Peru

Solanum sitiens growing near Chuquicamata

Charley Rick and his Namesake Desert Nightshade

John Boynton photo

John Boynton scholarship honors Charley Rick

Fruit remains of a Galapagos tomato, S. cheesmaniae, possibly eaten by rodents

Galapagos mockingbird feeding on native tomatoes

Reinventing the Tomato for Survival in a Changing World

Fruit of S. pimpinellifolium

Why is this Wild, Pea-Sized Tomato So Important?

Uniform ripening vs green shoulders

How The Taste Of Tomatoes Went Bad (And Kept On Going)

AndNowUKnow video on the TGRC

Luis Faundez collecting at Talabre

On the Tomato Trail: in Search of Ancestral Roots

A Passion for Tomatoes

Fruit of pennellii and its hybrid with tomato

Tomatoes Once Tasted Like Cucumbers

Collecting Solanum chilense near the Salar de Atacama, Chile

The Extreme Search for Tomato Genetics

PBS News Hour talks to Charley Rick

Collecting wild S. pimpinellifolum at Chilca

Fragile Harvest, a CBC documentary on crop germplasm

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New search/display features have been added as part of a redesign of the TGRC website.

Alf Kastdalen on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos.

A short biography of Alf Kastdalen, a Norwegian settler in the Galápagos Islands who helped Charley Rick collect and study the native tomatoes.

Miguel Castro in fishing boat

Miguel Castro, a fisherman, naturalist and conservationist who collected wild tomatoes in the Galápagos.

S. pennellii LA0716 inflorescence

Martha Mutschler's S. pennellii-derived acylsugar breeding lines are now available at the TGRC.

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