By NewScientist –
Gene-editing citrus fruits to make them less bitter could not only encourage more people to eat them, it might also help save the industry from a devastating plague
If you never eat grapefruit because you find them far too bitter, CRISPR varieties may be more to your taste. It has been shown that disabling one gene via gene editing can greatly reduce the level of the chemicals that make grapefruit so bitter.
“It could expand the market,” says Nir Carmi at the Volcani Center in Rishon LeZion, Israel. “Kids don’t usually like grapefruit because it’s too bitter for them.”
