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A sugarfree beet that tastes just as sweet

Genetically engineered sugar beets make fructan, a low-calorie sweetener.

 

References:

Sévenier, R. . . . A.J. Koops. 1998. High level fructan accumulation in a transgenic sugar beet. Nature Biotechnology 16(September):843.

 

Further Readings:

1995. Arming plants to survive dry spells. Science News 147(Feb. 4):72.

 

Sources:

Andries J. Koops
Netherlands Organization for Agricultural Research
(CPRO-DLO)
Center for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research
P.O. Box 16
NL-6700 AA Wageningen
Netherlands

Martina McGloughlin
University of California, Davis
Biotechnology Program
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 168. Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

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