▲ 66 ▼ Potato evolved from tomato 9 million years ago (www.eurekalert.org) submitted 1 month ago by hiphopheaven@programming.dev to c/science@lemmy.ml 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago (3 children) and they can be grafted back together to produce both. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomato permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (2 children) The real question is can to mix tomato and tobacco together? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cort@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago You can graft but not interbreed them. And when grafted the nicotine level of the tomatoes is within normal limits. Tomatoes normally have a little nicotine since they're nightshades https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.3555 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago should have called tompato to match the simpsons. lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (2 children) The real question is can to mix tomato and tobacco together? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cort@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago You can graft but not interbreed them. And when grafted the nicotine level of the tomatoes is within normal limits. Tomatoes normally have a little nicotine since they're nightshades https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.3555 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago should have called tompato to match the simpsons. lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago You can graft but not interbreed them. And when grafted the nicotine level of the tomatoes is within normal limits. Tomatoes normally have a little nicotine since they're nightshades https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.3555 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago should have called tompato to match the simpsons. lol permalink fedilink source parent