GM technology allows for better-tasting and longer-lasting tomatoes
date:May 27, 2013
levels of the compounds can be achieved.

In research to be published in Current Biology, Martin and colleagues studied tomatoes enriched in anthocyanin, a natural pigment that confers high antioxidant capacity. The purple GM tomatoes have already been found to prolong the lives of cancer-prone mice and in the latest findings they also more double the normal shelf life of tomatoes from an average of 21 days to 48 days.

Post-harvest losses due to rotting are such a serious problem for growers a
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