Seonglae Chosun dried tomato → self-dried tomato
New type of cherry tomato self-dries while still on the vine
Much as we may like sun-dried tomatoes, they're typically pretreated with sulfur dioxide or salt before the drying process, which may actually be carried out in an oven. By contrast, a new type of cherry tomato has been selectively bred to dry right on the vine.
https://newatlas.com/science/self-drying-cherry-tomato/
genetic sweeten
Scientists identify tomato genes to tweak for sweeter fruit
Gene-edited versions of large, domesticated varieties of tomato grew to be sweet like those from wild plants
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/13/tomatoes-gene-editing-sweeter-fruit
