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The Tomato Growers Association, or TGA, has set out to grow a (36) tomato at an (37) farm near San Diego, California. Employing biotechnology and developments in DNA research, the TGA has determined to grow the "tomato of tomorrow. "By (38) a repellent in the form of an odor, the tomato plant would be able to fight off (39) by insects. It would (40) disease and rot, and would (41) maintain its shape when (42) at the bottom of a (43) of tons of to matoes. (44) . Its heavy, thick leaves would prevent it form becoming sunburned. All tomatoes on a plant would ripen at the same time, to prevent the loss from machine harvest of under - or - over ripened fruit. (45) . While development of this plant will prove to be extremely expensive, TGA scientists believe that (46) .

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