“Wachastabb” wax covered hybrid seed tomato that turns blue when infected with salmonella
Team Name:
Green Machine
Team Number:
4527
Team Description:
Our team comes from 6 different Girl Scout troops, 5 different schools and grades!
Our team is called "Green Machine" and we are Girl Scouts. While we still sell cookies our motto is "We are not just about cookies anymore!" Our robot is called Miss Cookie Crusher. This is our 2nd time at FLL but many of the girls are new. We researched our project by Skypping with experts and visiting farmers markets. Our solution is a wax covered hybrid seed that produces tomatoes that turns blue in the presence of salmonella.
Team Location:
West Windsor New Jersey 08550
United StatesCategory:
Growing/Harvest
Brief Submission Description:
Wachasttab is a form of genetically modified plant to prevent the spread of disease from Salmonella. The process can be applied to any plant, but our project specifically targets tomatoes. Salmonella can colonize tomatoes at any stage of the food chain, from seed to marketplace. Wachasttab is a method to protect seeds and genetically modify tomatoes so that they can be identified if contaminated with Salmonella. The contaminated tomatoes are not meant to be eaten-they are meant to be destroyed. Because the modified genes are not actually activated unless the plant is exposed to salmonella, consumers who object to eating genetically modified produce should not be concerned.
