More tomatoes and faster. You might think, "hey that is awesome I love BLT's!" Or maybe you thought "Oh great... The world does not need more tomatoes." Well if you were excited don't worry there are still plenty of tomatoes to go around, but this discovery is not for eating. And for you doubters and tomato unlovers, you are in luck this is a study that helps scientists research and not have to wait for a long time while their tomatoes grow. They can produce them faster and in a larger quantity all because of a recent study.

Scientists have found a way to cut the growth time of tomatoes plants and make it six weeks faster to modify their genes. This means scientists can use the ideal tomato plant and make it even more efficient in doing research. The process involves injecting DNA into the tomato genome and grows a new plant. It may seem like a small feet, but really it is a breakthrough in making it possible to perform experiments on mass amounts of plants. If this experiment can transfer to other plants that have specific characteristics that make them ideal for experiments with specific gene questions.

Tomatoes are currently being used as models of how to perform and repeat these experiments. Then the experiments will move to other plants and then the studies will grow and spread to varied tests to see the results with all plants.

Its time to get excited about tomatoes! The future is bright as science continues to Progress and expand.

EG