date:Dec 30, 2013
One genetic mechanism in production tomato plants can be modified to increase length of time that bushy tomato varieties can produce flowers, thus increasing yields, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS GENETICS.
Tomatoes that will be canned for sauces and juice are harvested from plants that stop growing earlier than classic tomato varieties, and are therefore more like bushes. While the architecture of these compact bushy plants allows mechanical harvesters to reap the crop,