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As one of the most important vegetable crops, the world-widely grown tomato provides rich sources of ascorbate for human’s diet. The elucidation of genome sequence and short life cycle makes tomato a model fruit for fundamental research.
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Zhang, Y. (2013). Ascorbate in Tomato, a Model Fruit. In: Ascorbic Acid in Plants. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4127-4_9
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