Using CRISPR editing techniques, researchers created new “mutant” tomatoes that are as large as modern varieties while retaining a sweeter, more enjoyable taste. And all it took was deactivating two ...

Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. Tomato packers of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri met yesterday afternoon and ...

But bigger tomato varieties could soon get a sweetness ... related genes called SlCDPK27 and SlCDPK26 are more active in large varieties. These genes code for proteins that lower the levels ...