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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2026, Vol. 25 Issue (5): 2174-2177    DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2026.01.033
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Generating popcorn-like fragrant tomato using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing

Peng Zheng1*, Wei Jiang1*, Qionglin Chen1*, Shouli Feng1, Miaomiao Huang1, Lu Yuan1, Lingyun Chen3, Xiaoyuan Tao1, Zhong-Hua Chen4, Jingyin Yu1#, Shengchun Xu1, 2#

1 Biotechnology Institute, Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou 311231, China

2 Institute of Digital Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China

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

4 School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, Adelaide University, Glen Osmond, 5064 SA, Australia

 Highlights 
● CRISPR/Cas9-mediated simultaneous knockout of both SlBADH1 and SlBADH2 led to the development the first extraordinary aromatic tomato plants.     
None of the edited lines differed significantly from the wild type (WT) for any key agronomic or quality trait.
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Received: 26 December 2025   Accepted: 23 January 2026 Online: 24 January 2026  
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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” Science and Technology Collaboration Program, China (2024SNJF037), and the China Postdoctoral Foundation (2024M762711).

About author:  #Correspondence Shengchun Xu, E-mail: xushengchun@xhlab.ac.cn; Jingyin Yu, E-mail: 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, 25(5): 2174-2177.

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