EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Size of the fruits and veggies
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taste and the amount of nutrients
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when it ripens and how long it stays fresh
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which stores a buyer might find the product
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional genetic modification methods that have been employed-particularly for microbial starter cultures-include selection, mutagenesis, conjugation, and protoplast fusion, the last of which is analogous to somatic hybridization in plant systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Genetic engineering (also called genetic modification) is a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Increased supply of food with reduced cost and longer shelf life. Faster growing plants and animals. Food with more desirable traits, such as potatoes that produce less of a cancer-causing substance when fried. Medicinal foods that could be used as vaccines or other medicines.