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Shape-Shifting Fruits and Veggies
van der Knaap's team tests tomato starts for the SUN gene - the gene they isolated. SUN is responsible for tomato length. (Photo by Julie Grant)
Vegetables can be really odd shapes. But what if you could alter fruits and vegetables into just about any shape you wanted? Some avid gardeners come up with strange looking hybrids, but Julie Grant talked with a researcher who's taking the shape of produce to a whole new level:
van der Knapp's laboratory website
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Producer: Julie Grant
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Running Time: 2:52