producing resveratrol in tomatoes - Page 2

Adriana · October 28, 2015

Flat tomatoes would take all the fuss and muss out of slicing for BLTs...

ChrisK · October 28, 2015

It was not a simple as you would think (and took MANY years....)

As the paper I linked mentions, it required a suite of genes from multiple species and lots of fine tuning of that engine to get *commercial* levels of omega FAs in the desired proportions into camelina (not sure if it's actually commercially viable levels now). Most complex genetic engineering project published to date to show success in the field, that I am aware of.

From the paper here are the genes and steps engineered in:

We are in violent agreement that converting a C3 plant to C4 or N fixing maize is orders of magnitude more complex and difficult. It's only a matter of time, there are very clever people working on these problems.

October 28, 2015	#17
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	It was not a simple as you would think (and took MANY years....) As the paper I linked mentions, it required a suite of genes from multiple species and lots of fine tuning of that engine to get commercial levels of omega FAs in the desired proportions into camelina (not sure if it's actually commercially viable levels now). Most complex genetic engineering project published to date to show success in the field, that I am aware of. From the paper here are the genes and steps engineered in: We are in violent agreement that converting a C3 plant to C4 or N fixing maize is orders of magnitude more complex and difficult. It's only a matter of time, there are very clever people working on these problems. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin Last edited by ChrisK; October 28, 2015 at 04:03 PM.

October 28, 2015	#16
Adriana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Georgia Posts: 99	Flat tomatoes would take all the fuss and muss out of slicing for BLTs...