{"id":146619,"date":"2026-02-23T07:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146619"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:06:38","slug":"chinese-scientists-engineer-gene-edited-tomato-with-popcorn-aroma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146619","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists engineer gene-edited tomato with popcorn aroma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a research greenhouse in eastern China\u2019s Zhejiang province, the tomatoes looked ordinary, but they carried a surprisingly sweet scent \u2013 the aroma of buttered popcorn.<br \/>\nIt was not the result of accidental crossbreeding but a precise surgical edit in the tomato genome, performed by the CRISPR\/Cas9 tool.<br \/>\nTwo genes responsible for suppressing aromatic compounds were simultaneously silenced. Then the tomatoes began to emit the signature scent of premium fragrant rice or fresh buttered&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3344314\/chinese-scientists-engineer-gene-edited-tomato-popcorn-aroma?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a research greenhouse in eastern China\u2019s Zhejiang province, the tomatoes looked ordinary, but they carried a surprisingly sweet scent \u2013 the aroma of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146619"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}