Identification of novel quantitative trait loci for increased lycopene content and other fruit quality traits in a tomato recombinant inbred line population

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 549-567

  Ashrafi, Hamid ^a,b   Kinkade, Matthew P ^a,c   Merk, Heather L ^a,d   Foolad, Majid R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Campbell Soup R and D   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Molecular markers; QTL mapping; Recombinant inbred lines; Solanum lycopersicum; Solanum pimpinellifolium

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISEASES; FRUITS; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAPPING; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LYCOPENE CONTENT; LYCOPENES; MOLECULAR MARKER; PLANT MATURITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI MAPPINGS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; SOLANUM PIMPINELLIFOLIUM; SOLUBLE SOLID CONTENT;

CAROTENOIDS;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 84861753185     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9643-1     Document Type: Article

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