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Rapid customization of Solanaceae fruit crops for urban agriculture.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Feb 2020
Kwon Choon-Tak, Heo Jung, Lemmon Zachary H, Capua Yossi, Hutton Samuel F, Van Eck Joyce, Park Soon Ju, Lippman Zachary B
Abstract excerpt
Cultivation of crops in urban environments might reduce the environmental impact of food production1-4. However, lack of available land in cities and a need for rapid crop cycling, to yield quickly and continuously, mean that so far only lettuce and related 'leafy green' vegetables are cultivated in urban farms5. New fruit varieties with architectures and yields suitable for urban farming have proven difficult to...
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