Fuente: WIPO "tomato" The invention provides methods and materials for recombinantly producing apocarotenoids in bacteria and transgenic plants, wherein said transgenic organisms expressing at least one heterologous gene from a plant species selected from Handroanthus impetiginosus, Paulownia tomentosa, and/or Physalis peruviana. Moreover, the present invention also relates to the genetic constructs comprising the at least one heterologous gene, at least a plasmid and/or at least a vector comprising the same, their use for the expression in bacteria and plants, and methods for obtaining such genetically modified bacteria and plants, which have a high concentration of apocarotenoids compounds, in particular crocins and picrocrocins. Furthermore, the present disclosure also refers to the compositions comprising such apocarotenoids products obtained and uses thereof.