Bigger, tastier tomatoes and eggplants could soon grace our dinner plates thanks to scientists who have discovered genes that control how large the fruits will grow.

A pioneering study has uncovered the sophisticated tactics root-knot nematodes use to manipulate the genetic machinery of ...

How would you build a "better" tomato? Most likely, you'd select for genes in multiple locations—or quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Knowledge of QTLs is extremely valuable to crop scientists.

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