Are Tomato Plants An Ancestor of Potatoes?

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  1. Daniel W

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    Scientists believe that an ancient tomato x another potato ancestor hybridized, resulting in the ancestor of all potatoes.

    https://gizmodo.com/potatoes-evolved-from-tomatoes-study-reveals-2000637125

    I read somewhere else that ancient potatoes were bitter and toxic until the ancestors if Incas selected for non-bitter, non-toxic types.

    Next, I want them to cross a tomato with a carnivorous plant that will eat moles.
     
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    Daniel, great idea !! And one that will eat crabgrass.

    :suspicious: I despise that stuff !! :suspicious:

    :p:D
     
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    And eat deer, too.

    Then again, deer move faster than I do. I might be on its menu.
     
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    Tomato plants do eat aphids though!
     
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    They have already created something to eat all your money....it's called The Government
     
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    Agree, and as they call it in the South: " the Gummint " :p
     

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