The tomato of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 06:35
in Biology & Nature
When tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly coloured, aromatic, and tasty fruits. This familiar and seemingly commonplace transformation masks a seething mass of components interacting in a well-regulated albeit highly complex manner...
Read the whole article on Science Centric
More from Science Centric
Related
- Evolution of fruit size in tomatoSat, 28 Jun 2008, 0:49:21 EDT
- Synthetic moleculues could add spice to fight against cancerWed, 20 Aug 2008, 9:21:55 EDT
- New and improved tomato analyzerMon, 4 May 2009, 12:11:36 EDT
- The 21st century tomatoSat, 28 Jun 2008, 12:21:32 EDT
- Why fruits ripen and flowers die: Salk scientists discover how key plant hormone is triggeredTue, 10 Feb 2009, 16:08:02 EST