基因番茄是美国加洲基因公司利用生物科技将导致番茄成熟软化腐败的基因逆转而育成的番茄。这种番茄已得到美国良品暨药物管理局核准，并在美国市场上开始销售。在美国，农民栽种番茄一般都在青熟时期采收，以便长途运输或贮藏，再经乙烯气体的催熟后才上超市，因此风味品质都 Genes Tomatoes is a tomato that Californian genetic companies have developed using biotechnology to reverse genes that cause the ripening, softening and rotting of tomatoes. This tomato has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is being marketed in the United States. In the United States, farmers planted tomatoes are generally harvested during the ripening period for long-distance transport or storage, and then after the ripening of ethylene gas on the supermarket, so the flavor quality