Rotten tomatoes no more: growing sweeter tomatoes is possible by editing just two of the fruit’s genes. Deleting the genes ...

There's something magical about nurturing a plant from seed to harvest and then enjoying the fresh, juicy fruits of your labor. Tomatoes come in a dazzling array of shapes, sizes, and colors, each ...

Brown University biologists identified when tomatoes are most vulnerable to heat and how some varieties resist it.

But make sure each plant has its own space to grow. There are many different cherry tomato varieties, and there are also determinate and indeterminate tomato plants. Each kind requires specific plant ...

A team of horticulturists, bio-breeders and agriculture specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across China has ...

These genes are more active in large tomato varieties and interact with an enzyme responsible for sucrose production, ...

Ouonkap noted that the scientists took some lessons from evolution to experiment with how best to speed up the adaptation ...

Using CRISPR, the popular gene-editing tool, scientists bumped up the fruit’s sugar content by 30 percent without sacrificing ...