Editing Green Revolution genes to boost tomato production efficiency for vertical farming

Editing Green Revolution genes to boost tomato production efficiency for vertical farming

A research team led by Prof. Xu Cao from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Chen Fan's team at Yazhouwan National Laboratory has successfully engineered a tomato variety optimized for vertical farming, significantly enhancing production efficiency in plant factory systems.

Optimizing genes to become more efficient when growing tomatoes vertically

Vertical farming offers significant potential to tackle global challenges like urbanization, food security, and climate change. However, its widespread adoption is hindered by high costs, substantial energy demands, and thus low production efficiency. The limited range of economically viable crops…