Current status and industrialization of transgenic tomatoes

In this review, the progress in transgenic tomatoe research, including disease and insect resistance, herbicide resistance, stress tolerance, long-term storage, quality improvement, and male sterility, were described.The recent researches on producing heterologous proteins using transgenic tomatoes were also reviewed.Furthermore, the industrialization status and problems of transgenic tomatoes were analyzed and the prospects of both research and industrialization in transgenic tomatoes were discussed.