The orange has been developed by mutation breeding of the mandarin variety Kinnow. It is slightly larger than a mandarin, with a thin, extremely smooth rind.
Professor Mikeal Roose, head of the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences and part of the team which developed the new fruit, said: 'People who like very sweet fruit are going to find ‘KinnowLS’ to be very appealing.
It is estimated the fruit could be on supermarket shelves in five years.
I am one of those who doesn't like orange as much due to the sour taste.
I am not sure this is a good news or scary news... The good part is that the new orange is sweet... :9 The scary part is that it's a mutation... What are the generic side effect of eating such orange?
I am not sure the difference between "mutation" and "genetically engineered". To me, both sounds bad for human health.
Source:
DailyMail
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I don't know what the difference is either.. I've been trying to find out the past hour.. :S
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