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Agriculture: The white color inside the tomato fruits has no negative impact on the health of consumers

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation said in a statement that regarding what was raised through a video clip, on social media, about the presence of tomatoes in the markets that were sprayed with the & quot; Ether & quot; to accelerate maturity and external coloring fruit. To a number of reasons, among them:

& nbsp; First: high temperatures when ripening, which is called thermal stress or fluctuations in temperatures, high and low temperature during the ripening of fruits, which affects the formation of lycopene dye, which is & nbsp; Lack of fertilization with potassium, calcium fertilization, or increased nitrogen fertilization. Consumers.

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