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Also Known As	Solanum esculentum • Lycopersicon pimpinelli folium • Lycopersicon esculentum • Solanum lycopersicum • pomodoro

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tomato: blossom-end rot

harvested tomatoes

Tomato leaves puckered and blistered by the tobacco mosaic virus.

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