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A two-for-one in tomato nutritional enhancement

Nature Biotechnology volume 23, pages 825–826 (2005)Cite this article

Plant antioxidant phytonutrients produced by the terpenoid and phenylpropanoid pathways have been increased simultaneously for the first time, creating an extra-nutritious tomato.

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Figure 1: Control of multiple 'independent' pathways for phytonutrient production in tomato by fruit-specific downregulation of a negative regulator of photomorphogenesis.

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  2. Center for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, Heslington Road, UK

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