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Generating popcorn-like fragrant tomato using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing

Peng Zheng1*, Wei Jiang1*, Qionglin Chen1*, Shouli Feng1Miaomiao Huang1, Lu Yuan1Lingyun Chen3, Xiaoyuan Tao1, Zhong-Hua Chen4, Jingyin Yu1#, Shengchun Xu1, 2#  

Biotechnology Institute, Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou 311231, China

Institute of Digital Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou 310021, China

Hangzhou Seed Industry Group Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 310000, China

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Penrith, SA 5064, Australia

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32401217), the Zhejiang Provincial “Three Rural Areas and Nine Parties” Agricultural Science and Technology Collaboration Program, China (2024SNJF037), and the China Postdoctoral Foundation (2024M762711).

About author:  #Correspondence Shengchun Xu xushengchun@xhlab.ac.cn, Jingyin Yu, yujingyin@xhlab.ac.cn *These authors contributed equally to this study.

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Peng Zheng, Wei Jiang, Qionglin Chen, Shouli Feng, Miaomiao Huang, Lu Yuan, Lingyun Chen, Xiaoyuan Tao, Zhong-Hua Chen, Jingyin Yu, Shengchun Xu. 2026. Generating popcorn-like fragrant tomato using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Doi:10.1016/j.jia.2026.01.033

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