Researchers have found a gene in a wild species of tomato that allows the plant to tolerate continuous light, potentially leading to a 20% yield increase in commercial varieties. One of the major limitations for crop productivity is the amount of light available each day but cultivated tomato plants often develop damaging leaf injuries when put under artificial light for too long, more than 16 hours a day.
Original research paper published in the journal Nature Communications on August 5, 2014.
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