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Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening

Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening

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Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Contents

Softening in tomatoes is uncoupled from ripening by silencing a pectate lyase, thereby identifying a route to engineering (or breeding) tomatoes with better shelf life and flavor.
Controlling the rate of softening to extend shelf life was a key target for researchers engineering genetically modified (GM) tomatoes in the 1990s, but only modest im...

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Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1827904536

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1827904536

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ISSN

1087-0156

E-ISSN

1546-1696

DOI

10.1038/nbt.3602

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