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GM fruit

The first GM food on the market was a GM tomato with a longer shelf life, however this was unpopular with consumers.

A new GM apple, which browns more slowly than conventional apples, has been developed in Canada, but apple growers are concerned that its commercialisation will damage the market for Canadian apples.

GM bananas have been grown experimentally in Uganda but have performed poorly in the field.

Virus-resistant GM papayas are already grown commercially in Hawaii, mainly for the US market, where GM foods are not labelled. People in other countries have generally been reluctant to consume GM papaya.

Resources

• Press articles
  • Stuff: Genetic modification and Auckland's forbidden fruit (9th January 2019)

  • CBC: B.C. creator of non-browning Arctic apple plans 'aggressive expansion' after positive U.S. test run (17th February 2018)

  • Nature: Genetically modified apple reaches US stores, but will consumers bite? (7th November 2017)

  • MIT Technology Review: GM Apples That Don't Brown to Reach U.S. Shelves This Fall (7th October 2017)

  • FruitNet: Non-browning apples land in US stores (25th September 2017)

  • Business Daily: Field trials move Kenya closer to GMO bananas (15th September 2017)

  • The Washington Post: The apple that never browns wants to change your mind about genetically modified foods (23rd January 2016)

  • CBC: Non-browning apple coming to U.S. next month but Canada will have to wait (22nd January 2016)

  • The Star: Why this apple is being called a game changer (6th May 2016)

  • Global Justice Ecology Project: Intrexon Stocks Fall - Exposed for Being a Sham of a Corporation (26th April 2016)

  • Fresh Plaza: Romania to trial disease resistant GM plum trees (8th February 2016)

  • Daily Capital: Say Hello To The Apple That Never Browns (16th November 2015)

  • New York Times: Tasting and Testing a Genetically Modified, Non-Browning Apple (10th November 2015)

  • The Independent: GM tomatoes: Scientists create disease-fighting strain of fruit (26th October 2015)

  • EcoWatch: 3 Companies Say 'No' to GMO Arctic Apples (20th October 2015)

  • The Packer: GMO targets citrus greening (11th August 2015)

  • Growing Produce: Company Responsible For First GMO Apples Is Sold (27th February 2015)

  • The Globe and Mail: Company seeks approval to grow browning-resistant apples in B.C. (21st February 2015)

  • Fresh Plaza: US: Still a ways off, GMO apples concern industry (20th February 2015)

  • New York Times: Gene-Altered Apples Get U.S. Approval (13th February 2015)

  • Take Part: Would You Buy a GMO Apple Just Because It Doesn't Turn Brown? (13th February 2015)

  • The Morning Star: Okanagan orchardists upset over genetically modified apples (13th February 2015)

  • CNBC: U.S. approves biotech apple that resists browning (13th February 2015)

  • Capital Press: Apple Commission reps wary of GMO apples (15th October 2014)

  • Seattlepi: Gene-altered apple tested in Washington state (5th September 2014)

  • Brisbane Times: Going bananas: QUT team battling fruit-killing fungus (2nd August 2014)

  • Des Moines Register: ISU researcher to test altered bananas (2nd August 2014)

  • Fresh Fruit Portal: First human trial of GM bananas to take place in the U.S. (17th June 2014)

  • The Independent: GM banana designed to slash African infant mortality enters human trials (17th June 2014)

  • The Guardian: Meet the 'super banana' - a vitamin-enriched upgrade that could save lives (17th June 2014)

  • The Journal: After 7 years and almost Euros7 million, super banana will face its first human trial (16th June 2014)

  • 7 News:Genetically modified Queensland bananas to join fight against catastrophic results of vitamin A deficiency in Africa (15th June 2014)

  • Salmon Arm Observer: Growers oppose GMO apple (21st May 2014)

  • The Organic and non-GMO Report: Washington State University develops non-GMO, non-browning apple alternative (31st January 2014)

  • The Sacramento Bee: Genetically altered 'Arctic' apples may be headed to market (3rd January 2014)

  • The Morning Star: Genetically modified apple draws Okanagan opposition (15th November 2013)

  • New York Times: A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA (27th July 2013)

  • Deccan Herald: Are we ready for genetically-modified bananas via Australia? (22nd April 2013)

  • Fresh Plaza: India: GM banana project transferring from Australia (22nd April 2013)

  • BBC: Uganda's genetically modified golden bananas (27th March 2013)

  • LA Times: Bananas and genetic engineering: Past, present and future (12th July 2012)

  • Lake Country Calender: Survey shows genetically modified fruit not OK with buyers (10th July 2012)

  • The Epoch Times: Non-Browning GM Apple Worries BC Fruit Growers (23rd May 2012)

• External links
  • GM-free Scotland: The greening of unsold GM papaya? (July 2018)

  • ISAAA: Malawi Approves Confined Field Trials of Transgenic Bananas (9th March 2016)

  • Friends of the Earth: Scientists, environmental and consumer groups decry USDA approval of genetically engineered apple (13th February 2015)

  • Washington State University: WSU apple a non-biotech non-browning alternative (14th January 2014)

  • Friends of the Earth: McDonald's, Gerber say no to GMO apple

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