Inheritance of shelf life and other quality traits of tomato fruit estimated from F1's, F2's and backcross generations derived from standard cultivar, nor homozygote and wild cherry tomato

Euphytica

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-147

  Rodríguez, Gustavo Rubén ^a   Pratta, Guillermo Raúl ^a,b   Liberatti, David Rodolfo ^a,b   Zorzoli, Roxana ^a   Picardi, Liliana Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fruit color; Fruit weight; Genetic variances; Soluble solids content; Tomato breeding

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; SOLANUM;

EID: 78049353099     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-010-0241-9     Document Type: Article

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