USDA approves next-generation GM potato
USDA approves next-generation GM potato
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DOI：
10.1038/nbt0115-12
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发表时间：
2015-01
影响因子：
46.9
通讯作者：
E. Waltz
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作者：
E. Waltz
这些土豆经常被消费者丢弃。Simplot将其土豆标榜为整个供应链中更可持续的产品。根据Simplot的说法，种植者会为马铃薯种子支付溢价，但他们的作物会有更少的瑕疵，而且更大比例的收获可以以最高价格出售。在储存和搬运过程中，较少的土豆会因撞击和压力而被擦伤，从而使储存和运输土豆的公司减少浪费。Simplot公司的总经理兼植物科学副总裁Haven Baker说，在土豆到达消费者手中之前，如果在生鲜市场采用土豆，我们可以节省4亿磅的土豆废料。贝克表示，Simplot的土豆将销往美国薯片生产商和生鲜市场，包括杂货店、餐馆、医院和酒店。该公司还将把土豆推向美国鲜切市场，在那里，土豆被切割、清洗和包装，不含防腐剂或添加剂。Simplot不愿透露该公司计划如何为土豆贴标签或包装，也不愿透露是否计划告知客户其产品与传统土豆不同。Simplot是一家历史悠久的法式炸薯条生产商，关于该公司是否会将其土豆推向快餐业，以及快餐连锁店是否会接受转基因产品的传言一直在传播。但贝克说，快餐不是近期的目标。“许多人认为这个项目是为了制作更好的炸薯条。但事实并非如此，“他说，”人们一直把重点放在新鲜(土豆)、新鲜切开的土豆和薯片上，因为这是这一代土豆的最大价值所在。“他补充说：“我们确实相信，随着时间的推移，所有行业都会看到这些土豆的优势，但这需要一些时间。”
the potatoes are often discarded by consumers. Simplot is billing its potato as a more sustainable product throughout the supply chain. Growers will pay a premium for the potato seed, but their crop will have fewer blemishes, and a larger percentage of the harvest can be sold at the highest price, according to Simplot. During storage and handling, fewer potatoes will be bruised from impact and pressure, enabling companies that store and transport the potatoes to incur less waste.“We’ve done the math. Before potatoes ever reach the consumer, there is 400 million pounds of potato waste that we could save if Innate potatoes were adopted in the fresh market,” says Haven Baker, general manager and vice president of plant sciences at Simplot. Simplot’s potato will be marketed to US chips producers and fresh markets, including grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals and hotels, according to Baker. The company will also market the potato to the US fresh-cut market where potatoes are cut, washed and packaged without preservatives or additives. Simplot would not disclose how the company plans to label or package the potatoes, or whether it plans to inform customers that its product differs from conventional potatoes. Simplot is a longstanding French fry potato producer and rumors have been flying about whether the company will market its potato to the fast food industry, and whether fast food chains will accept a GM product. But Baker says fast food is not the target for the immediate future.“Many people assume that this program was designed for making a better French fry potato. But that is not the case,” he says.“The focus has always been on fresh [potatoes], fresh cut, and chips, because that’s where the greatest value is for this generation potato.” He adds,“We do believe that over time all sectors will see the advantages of these potatoes but it’s going to take some time.”