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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] lovely GE tomato
  • Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 01:45:56 -0400

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30767047/

In case you missed this....I love the last line...

Khodakovskaya, a plant physiologist who now operates her own lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, says she has since developed a new breed that in addition to tolerating draught, produces a leafy plant with fruit high in lycopene, an antioxidant. Researchers believe antioxidants are important in preventing cancer and other chronic diseases. .....
Khodakovskaya and colleagues at Arkansas State University and the University of Central Arkansas are preparing to patent their technology, which involves adding some new genes to the basic tomato.
The fruit, however, has yet to be put to the ultimate test — taste.
"When we grow the plants we use some chemicals, and I was advised not to eat it," Khodakovskaya told Discovery News.

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