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The origin of the cultivated tomato

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The ancestral form of the cultivated tomato was originally confined to the Peru-Ecuador area. After spreading north possibly as a weed in pre-Columbian times it was not extensively domesticated until it reached Mexico, and from there the cultivated forms were disseminated.

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    J. A. Jenkins

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Jenkins, J.A. The origin of the cultivated tomato. Econ Bot 2, 379–392 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859492

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