Scientists create world’s first tomatoes that smell like ‘buttered popcorn’

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In research greenhouses in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, tomatoes are growing that look completely ordinary, but they give off a surprising scent—one reminiscent of butter and fresh popcorn. It is the creation of a team of Chinese and Australian scientists, who used the gene-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9 to “reactivate” odor compounds that have been lost in modern tomatoes due to decades of breeding for resistance and high yields. The study…