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Tomato a real lemon
June 25, 2007 12:00am
Herald Sun
IF you want tomato and lemon in your next recipe you need look no further than the lemato.
Israeli researchers say they have genetically engineered tomatoes to give hints of lemon and rose aromas.
The transgenic tomato, which includes a gene from a variety of lemon basil was tested by a panel of 82 people and compared with its unmodified counterparts.
Nearly all were able to detect novel aromas, which the testers described as "perfume", "rose", "geranium" and "lemongrass".
When put to the taste, the GM tomatoes were preferred by 49 members of the panel, while 29 preferred the unmodified.
Four had no preference.
The team believes that other crops and flowers could also be engineered to change smell and taste.
The first genetically modified tomato hit the US market in 1994.
It was eventually withdrawn because of disappointing sales and transport problems.
The Israeli paper will be published online by Nature Biotechnology, part of the Nature group of science journals.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21960712-24331,00.html
June 25, 2007 12:00am
Herald Sun
IF you want tomato and lemon in your next recipe you need look no further than the lemato.
Israeli researchers say they have genetically engineered tomatoes to give hints of lemon and rose aromas.
The transgenic tomato, which includes a gene from a variety of lemon basil was tested by a panel of 82 people and compared with its unmodified counterparts.
Nearly all were able to detect novel aromas, which the testers described as "perfume", "rose", "geranium" and "lemongrass".
When put to the taste, the GM tomatoes were preferred by 49 members of the panel, while 29 preferred the unmodified.
Four had no preference.
The team believes that other crops and flowers could also be engineered to change smell and taste.
The first genetically modified tomato hit the US market in 1994.
It was eventually withdrawn because of disappointing sales and transport problems.
The Israeli paper will be published online by Nature Biotechnology, part of the Nature group of science journals.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21960712-24331,00.html