Tastier tomatoes; Ultrasound to age liquor; Drone challenge for precision agriculture

In search of a better tasting tomato
To meet the handling demands of the modern food chain, fresh tomatoes have favored sturdier varieties with longer shelf life. However, these traits have sacrificed flavor. To understand and hopefully correct this taste deficiency, researchers from China, Spain, Israel, and the U.S. quantified flavor-associated chemicals in 398 modern, heirloom, and wild accessions and published their study—“A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor&rdqu…