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Tomato fruits were engineered to accumulate polyamines, spermidine and spermine, during ripening by genetic introduction of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMdc) gene fused with the ripening-inducible promoter. The transgenic fruits were field tested over several years and the incorporated SAMdc gene was found to be stable. The higher levels of spermidine and spermine accumulated at the expense of their precursor putrescine and correlated with increased and sustained accumulation of the SAMdc gene transcripts, suggesting that the SAMdc expression enhances the flux of putrescine towards higher amines. Beneficial attributes of the transgenic fruit include longer vine and significant increase in the lycopene content.

Original publication

DOI

10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.15

Type

Conference paper

Publication Date

30/04/2002

Volume

575

Pages

157 - 161