Kwon et al, “Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture,” appeared in Nature Biotechnology on December 23, 2019. Zachary B Lippman's 101 research works with 7,373 citations and 12,386 reads, including: Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture Compact, early-fruiting ‘triple-determinate’ tomato and groundcherry plants suitable for vertical farming are produced using genome editing. Zachary H. Lemmon's 13 research works with 389 citations and 2,374 reads, including: Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture Reference: “Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture” by Choon-Tak Kwon, Jung Heo, Zachary H. Lemmon, Yossi Capua, Samuel F. Hutton, Joyce Van Eck, Soon Ju Park and Zachary B. Lippman, 23 December 2019, Nature Biotechnology. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn StumbleUpon Tumblr Pinterest Reddit WhatsApp. Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture. Press alt + / to open this menu. Breeding new and unique tomato varieties in southern Minnesota. Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture. 5 Less than a minute. Jump to. When three particular genetic mutations are mixed and tuned good, scientists can flip tomato crops into extraordinarily compact bushes supreme for city agriculture. That's if a clutch of new gene-edited crops prove as fruitful as the first batch. Daisy Hu 2 days ago. Sections of this page. Accessibility Help. Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture. Frogsleap Farm. Engineering perishable crops for use in indoor farms promises to expand the adoption of this high-yielding, efficient means of food production. Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even outer space. DOI: 10.1038/s41587-019-0361-2. 1.4K likes. Meanwhile, a tomato that looks like a grape with a large amount of fruit grown on one stem was born using gene editing technology that applied the CRISPR system. Stayed informed Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest discoveries, upcoming events, videos, podcasts, and a news roundup delivered straight to your inbox every month. Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture ($) (Nature Biotech) December 27, 2019 / in Plant Science Research Weekly / by Mary Williams Numerous genes have been identified that modify shoot architecture, which has allowed breeding of varieties for specific purposes and environments. In view of future food shortages and space development, research is underway on crops that can be harvested in places that are not suitable for agricultural work. Simply two of those mutations (insert, left) shortens the usually vine-like crops to develop in a area, however all three (insert, proper) causes their fruits to bunch like grapes. Facebook.