Breeding of tomato with high L-ascorbic acid content by clonal selection

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Hagimori, Manabu ^a,b   Watanabe, Naoki ^a   Saito, Hideaki ^a   Yui, Mamiko ^a,c   Kato, Norio ^a   Shirai, Takeshi ^a,d   Mizuno, Hiroyuki ^a,e   Ohsaki, Shinsuke ^a  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^d ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^e Taki Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid content; Breeding; Clonal selection; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 13544271893     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.74.16     Document Type: Article

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