The Tomato: How a Poisonous South American Weed Became Italy's National Fruit

CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:04 The Italian Tomato Myth 2:41 Wild Origins in the Andes 5:06 Domestication in Mexico 7:20 The Poisonous Reputation 9:44 The Tomato Crosses the Ocean 12:12 The Uniform Ripening Mutation 14:42 The Taste of Modern Tomatoes 17:10 The Future of the Tomato PICTURE CREDITS "Starr-090421-6259-Solanum lycopersicum-fruit-Pukalani-Maui (24859047051)" by Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons "Medicinal Plants; Atropa Belladonna. Wellcome M0005919" by unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Lycopersicon chilense (8692095984)" by Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Tomato detail, Market gardeners' catalogue (16508704659) (cropped)" by Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection.; J. Manns & Co., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Starr-170603-9011-Solanum lycopersicum-very small currant or wild variety fruit-Hawea Pl Olinda-Maui (34395933404)" by Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons "Starr-090421-6260-Solanum lycopersicum-fruit-Pukalani-Maui (24325517953)" by Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons "A young man explaining something to a sick woman in her bed Wellcome V0015119EL" by unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Garden tomato illustration on coquille or stipple board" by Scott Hecker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons "A bunch of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum). Chromolithogr Wellcome V0044757" by unknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Tomato plant (домати)" by SA, The Green Ark, Bostanie, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Fpls-02-00050-g003" by Fabio Facchinelli, Andreas P. M. Weber, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Comparison of Cas9-, D10A-, and H840A-induced repair phenotypes" by Authors of the study: Sitara Roy, Sara Sanz Juste, Marketta Sneider Ankush Aurad, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Spray injury (7871763686)" by Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons "Puesta del sol sobre tomates en un puesto del mercado de Cliza, Bolivia" by AlissCh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Footage and pictures: Pixabay, Wikimedia