Saturday Feb 07, 2026

First ever GMO: The FlavrSavr tomato

How one tomato changed the world? Or was it two? And what is a GMO tomato anyway. Slice into the story of the FlavrSavr tomato.

Key references

Grierson D. Identifying and silencing tomato ripening genes with antisense genes. Plant Biotechnol J. 2016 Mar;14(3):835-8. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12463. Epub 2015 Sep 15. PMID: 26369550; PMCID: PMC11389017.

https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-operations/altered-stakes

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jun/14/hot-tomatoes-genetically-altered-tomatoes-are/

→ Articles about the sales of the Flavr Savr.

Commercialization_of_a_tomato_with_an_antisense_po.pdf - 1994, Euphytica

The Flavr Savr Tomato, an Early Example of RNAi Technology.pdf - 2008, HortScience

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