Make Tomatoes Flavorful Again (9 of 12) (VIDEO)

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Dr. Klee explains how their team discerned what qualities are lacking in modern tomato varieties that humans like. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 27, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by D. Tieman at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Shenzhen, China, and colleagues was titled, 'A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor.'

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