{"id":278,"date":"2013-12-03T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=278"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:36:31","slug":"fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Click<\/a>
Click to enlarge. Normal tobacco plants grow to about 5 feet in height, as seen here. German researchers recently discovered a mutant plant that grows to over 26 feet tall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perform an Internet search for news related to food science and you’re sure to find stories related to GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This hot button issue for consumers is an increasing focus of food manufacturers. But according to a recent article<\/a> on www.ausfoodnews.com.au, there may be a naturally occurring alternative that will help to keep up with the increasing demands placed on the worldwide food supply.<\/p>\n

A study performed by German researchers found a “mutant tobacco plant that showed permanent vegetative growth, no aging, evergreen leaves and late or no flowering,” and grew “up to eight metres (that’s over 26 feet!), compared to a normal size of 1.5 metres,” with about 120 leaves, which is six times the normal amount. Researchers contribute this abnormal growth to a special protein in the plant and believe that “the cultivation of high-biomass crops” would be a viable alternative to genetically modified foods.<\/p>\n

And while the article points to this discovery as possibly valuable in the search for alternatives to both GM foods and traditional farming methods, it does not state how the research could be used and how the new method for cultivating high-biomass crops would be different from genetically modifying plant foods.<\/p>\n

What’s your opinion on using GMOs in your food products? We’d love to hear your thoughts on this article and on GM foods in general in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perform an Internet search for news related to food science and you’re sure to find stories related to GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This hot button issue for consumers is an increasing focus of food manufacturers. But according to a recent … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1237],"class_list":{"0":"post-278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-food-beverage-nutrition","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nDoes discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perform an Internet search for news related to food science and you’re sure to find stories related to GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This hot button issue for consumers is an increasing focus of food manufacturers. But according to a recent … Continued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\"},\"headline\":\"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/media\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Food, Beverage & Nutrition\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/\",\"name\":\"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/media\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/media\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/media\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/278\\\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prospector Knowledge Center\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\",\"name\":\"Guest Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=9615105800a0270a384212262298083881\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Guest Author\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/author\\\/guest-author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center","og_description":"Perform an Internet search for news related to food science and you’re sure to find stories related to GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This hot button issue for consumers is an increasing focus of food manufacturers. But according to a recent … Continued","og_url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/","og_site_name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","article_published_time":"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Guest Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Author","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/"},"author":{"name":"Guest Author","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10"},"headline":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs?","datePublished":"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/"},"wordCount":280,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg","articleSection":["Food, Beverage & Nutrition"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/","name":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs? - Prospector Knowledge Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg","datePublished":"2013-12-03T20:55:27+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-11T21:36:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2013\/12\/15261295_m-300x199.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/278\/fbn-plant-ageing-gene-represent-alternative-gm-foods\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does discovery of plant ageing gene represent an alternative to GMOs?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/","name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","description":"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10","name":"Guest Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=9615105800a0270a384212262298083881","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Guest Author"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com"],"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/author\/guest-author\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":1237,"user_id":20,"is_guest":0,"slug":"guest-author","display_name":"Guest Author","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}