Gene-edited tomatoes achieve increased sweetness without loss of size or yield
I n a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature, researchers have successfully used gene editing to create sweeter ...
Altering two genes to produce sweeter tomatoes without sacrificing size, weight or yield
A team of horticulturists, bio-breeders and agriculture specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across China has ...
They CRISPR’ed tomatoes to make them sweet and large
Today’s mass-produced tomatoes often grow to palm-sized proportions, but their naturally occurring ancestors were far smaller ...
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Chinese scientists modify tomatoes to make them ‘significantly sweeter’
Chinese scientists have successfully modified tomatoes to make them sweeter by removing two genes that regulate sugar content, according to a new study. The researchers said the modified tomatoes ...
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Sweeter tomatoes are coming soon thanks to CRISPR gene editing
Selection for bigger tomatoes has made the fruits less sweet, but now it has been shown that gene editing can make them ...
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APHIS Issues RSR Responses for Modified Orange, Corn, Almond, and Tomato Plants
In October 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reviewed the following plants modified using genetic engineering to determine whether ...