Climate change will severely influence the yield, production and water demand of processing tomatoes. Atmospheric CO2 concentration may offset, but not fully compensate, the adverse effects of elevated temperatures.
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Eyshi Rezaei, E., Webber, H. Processing tomatoes under climate change. Nat Food 3, 404–405 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00520-z
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