Genetic improvement of processing tomatoes: A 20 years perspective

Euphytica

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-97

  Grandillo, Silvana ^a   Zamir, Daniel ^b   Tanksley, Steven D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brix; Fruit color; Genetic gains; Processing tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; ISRAEL; PLANT GENETICS; TOMATO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032748912     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003760015485     Document Type: Article

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