Selection for bigger tomatoes has made the fruits less sweet, but now it has been shown that gene editing can make them ...
Domesticated tomatoes grown industrially have been bred for high yields, resulting in varieties that are 10 to 100 times ...
Rotten tomatoes no more: growing sweeter tomatoes is possible by editing just two of the fruit’s genes. Deleting the genes ...
Using CRISPR, the popular gene-editing tool, scientists bumped up the fruit’s sugar content by 30 percent without sacrificing ...
But have you ever wondered – how do tomatoes survive intense heat? Under the scorching sun, as the mercury rises, some tomato ...
Brown University biologists identified when tomatoes are most vulnerable to heat and how some varieties resist it.
Glucose and fructose levels were 30 per cent higher after researchers removed two genes that regulate sugar content, ...
The world produces around 180 million tons of tomatoes each year. Whether they are raw, cooked, or used in sauces, tomatoes ...
Today’s mass-produced tomatoes often grow to palm-sized proportions, but their naturally occurring ancestors were far smaller ...
A team of horticulturists, bio-breeders and agriculture specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across China has ...