Are cherry tomatoes genetically modified? Understanding their benefits and effects in one article

Cherry tomatoes, often called small tomatoes, whose official Chinese name is cherry tomato, are a very common fruit in our daily lives. So do you know whether cherry tomatoes are genetically modified food? What effects and benefits do they have? Next, let us learn together:

Are cherry tomatoes genetically modified?

The cherry tomatoes we eat are the most primitive tomato variety, one could say a variety that has not been fully domesticated, and the results of DNA sequence analysis have confirmed this. In some recent breeding developments, the excellent traits of those small tomatoes with excellent taste and flavor have been recombined through conventional hybridization, producing cherry tomatoes with an excellent taste. Therefore, to date, cherry tomatoes have had no relationship with genetically modified technology.

Cherry tomatoes are one of the members of the large tomato family, and tomatoes are also known as xihongshi, fanshi, yangshizi, and so on. The center of origin of the tomato is the Andean region of the Americas, and large numbers of wild species are still distributed in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and other places. It is an annual herbaceous plant of the Solanaceae family. The tomato genus is divided into two complex population groups: the common tomato and the Peruvian tomato. The common tomato is the cultivated species; the Peruvian tomato is the wild species. Therefore, the cherry tomato is the ancestor of today's cultivated tomato.

What is genetically modified food? Genetically modified food uses artificial methods to transfer genes from other organisms into crops. For example, transferring the genes of flowers or the genes of trees into humans, that would be genetic modification. The cherry tomatoes usually eaten, that is, the small tomatoes usually mentioned. This kind of small tomato is actually the most primitive tomato variety, while the large tomato is a variety later bred through hybridization and selection in pursuit of larger fruit. In China's vegetables and fruits, there is currently no genetically modified food; whether in size or color, they all come from traditional breeding methods. If non-traditional methods are used, it is also by no means genetically modified food. For example, after people of different races have children together, the children are not quite the same as children of the same race, but they still all belong to humanity's own genes. Therefore, domestic vegetables and fruits can be eaten with confidence.

What effects and benefits do cherry tomatoes have?

1. Cherry tomatoes contain special substances such as glutathione and lycopene. These substances can promote human growth and development, especially the growth and development of children, and can increase the body's resistance and delay human aging.

2. Lycopene can protect the human body from the harmful effects of carcinogenic toxins in cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust, and can improve the body's sun protection function.

3. The lycopene in tomato products can not only prevent cancer and fight cancer, especially prostate cancer, but can also treat prostate cancer.

4. The vitamin PP content in cherry tomatoes ranks first among fruits and vegetables. The role of vitamin PP is to protect the skin, maintain normal gastric juice secretion, promote the production of red blood cells, and also have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on liver disease. The malic acid or citric acid contained in cherry tomatoes helps gastric juice digest fat and protein.

5. Tomatoes taste sweet and sour, are slightly cold in nature, and are beneficial after eating for constipation, excessive meat consumption, thirst and bad breath, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and heat, and sore, swollen throat. Large amounts of vitamin C are a component needed by human connective tissue, and it has the effect of increasing the motility and flexible stretching ability of cartilage, blood vessel walls, ligaments, and the basic parts of bones.

6. Cherry tomatoes can increase the body's resistance, delay human aging, and reduce the formation of wrinkles, so they are especially suitable for girls to use for beauty, and can be called a natural beauty fruit for girls.

Main cherry tomato varieties

Jingdan No. 1

It is a newly selected cherry tomato hybrid from the Beijing Vegetable Research Center, resistant to viral diseases. This variety has an indeterminate growth type, dark green leaves, and strong growth vigor. The first inflorescence is borne at the 8th to 9th node, and each truss can bear more than 15 fruits, with a maximum of more than 60 fruits. The fruit shape is round or slightly tall-round, the ripe fruit is red, and the single fruit weight is 8 to 12 grams. The fruit tastes richly sweet and sour, with excellent flavor, an average sugar content of 7, and a maximum of up to 10 degrees. It is mid-early maturing, and harvesting begins 50 to 60 days after spring planting; in autumn, it takes 90 days from sowing to the start of harvest.

Jingdan No. 2

The plant has a determinate growth type, the first inflorescence is borne at the 5th to 6th node, and the main stem is topped after 4 to 6 trusses. It is extremely early maturing, and harvesting begins 40 to 45 days after spring planting; in autumn, it takes 85 days from sowing to the start of harvest, and each truss bears more than 10 fruits. The lower fruits are tall-round, and the upper fruits are tall-round with pointed tips. The ripe fruit is bright red and attractive, and the single fruit weight is 10 to 15 grams.