Seedless watermelon with apples

After the square watermelon, from the summer of 2013, many water fruits fans will enjoy apple-sized watermelons.

16 Chinese and foreign research institutes, including Beijing Research Center and Cornell University, published their scientific results in Nature Genetics on November 16.

Xu Yong, director of the Beijing Center for Scientific Research, and the lead researcher, said the gene for this apple juice has not been created yet.

It is known that scientists have used cross breeding technology to obtain seeds of new watermelons from many different watermelons.'The new watermelon does not contain apple genes. It's just the size of an apple, ' said Xu.

The following summer we will have the opportunity to enjoy
seedless watermelon, the size of an apple.

He also said that because the watermelon gene is selected from a variety of watermelons available, it is quite safe.

'The new watermelon has no seeds, is sweeter and the skin is thinner than regular watermelon. It will cost a little more, but it can still be purchased '.

'We - ordinary consumers don't know much about gene technology. I only believe in products that are grown naturally ' - Zhang Qian, a watermelon lover, said.

Han Bin, director of the National Center for Genetic Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said consumers should not be too worried about gene technology.