Why are tomatoes red?

[STDiva]

http://phys.org/news/2012-06-red-tomatoes-meteorite.html

None of you knew this. And now you do.

 

[squallumz]

pf. they're red so that ketchep is red.

if they weren't, everyone would get confused.

 

[StanScratch]

They are red because they are vampire plants, drinking the blood of other plants.

 

[Facetious]

http://phys.org/news/2012-06-red-tomatoes-meteorite.html

None of you knew this. And now you do.

But why does my latest grocery store purchased watermelon have a pink heart instead of red?

Fucking Monsanto, you just never know what those mad scientists are up to these days with their genetic manipulation of our food supply.

Nice report btw, yo deeves!

 

[ThatRedWing]

Because who in the hell wants blue marinara sauce?

 

[edirons22]

You learn a new thing every day...

 

[cree]

Not all tomatoes are red.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-yellow-tomatoes.htm

 

[D-rock]

What color was it before it turned red? I was sort of hoping they would have answered that.

 

[squallumz]

Not all tomatoes are red.

ha! thats true! in fact, heirlooms taste a lot better.

 

[Skyraider22]

http://phys.org/news/2012-06-red-tomatoes-meteorite.html

None of you knew this. And now you do.

Well I do now

 

[bahodeme]

So now that they know the genome of the tomato, are they going to screw it up the same way they screwed up the rose?

(In order to make the rose last longer they made changes to it. But those changes made it so the rose has very little scent.)

 

[lurkingdirk]

Nice.

I'm growing both purple and green tomatoes this year, in addition to red. Just for shits and giggles. I guess they're per-meteorite left-overs?

 

[cree]

ha! thats true! in fact, heirlooms taste a lot better.

Yes they are.

So now that they know the genome of the tomato, are they going to screw it up the same way they screwed up the rose?

(In order to make the rose last longer they made changes to it. But those changes made it so the rose has very little scent.)

They all ready started with making them more firmer for longer transport and duration, so they ruined the taste and smell, but fortunately my uncle took some old seed varieties from my grandfather long time ago so who cares for new varieties.:thefinger

 

[bahodeme]

They all ready started with making them more firmer for longer transport and duration, so they ruined the taste and smell, but fortunately my uncle took some old seed varieties from my grandfather long time ago so who cares for new varieties.:thefinger

Very true. But now that they have the genome code, how much "good" are they able to do now?

 

[windowsxp02]

due to lycopene.

 

[Will E Worm]

Cherokee purple tomatoes :tongue:

There are also green and yellow tomatoes.

 

[cree]

Next step in genome manipulation.