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Positive results for genetically modified bananas
Australia
Friday 26 March 2010
NAD
Good results for bananas harvest
The first harvest of genetically modified bananas planted in Australia, in the South Johnstone area south of Cairns, has been picked.
The bananas are part of a project by Queensland University of Technology to improve the nutritional content of bananas, as a way of combating malnutrition in Africa, particularly in Uganda, where bananas are a staple food and very low in nutrients.
Initial results of the harvest show promise.
“This first planting is demonstrating that at least one of the combinations of genes we’re putting is working really well for pro vitamin A, and we’re concentrating on that,” said Dale.
“But we’ve still got a lot of fruit to assess. The next lot will be particularly around iron and the accumulation of iron in the fruit.”
Source : ABC News
