date:Jan 09, 2019
of capsaicinoids for commercial purposes, say the researchers.
Engineering the capsaicinoid genetic pathway to the tomato would make it easier and cheaper to produce this compound, which has very interesting applications, claims Agustin Zsgn, senior author and Plant Biologist at the Federal University of Viosa in Brazil, whose research group is working toward this goal.
We have the tools to engineer the genome of any species; the challenge is to know which gene to engineer and where, notes Z