Type: Chapter

Genetic engineering of tomato to improve nutritional quality, resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, and for non-food applications

Authors

B. Kaur

Purdue University

A. K. Handa

Purdue University

A. K. Mattoo

ARS-USDA

Publication date:

31 March 2017

ID: 9781838792831

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Table of contents

1 Introduction 2 History of tomato transformation and challenges 3 Genetic engineering of tomato for fruit quality and shelf life 4 Abiotic stress tolerance in tomato 5 Biotic stress tolerance 6 Tomato as a model system for biopharming 7 Future trends and conclusion 8 Where to look for further information 9 Acknowledgements 10 References