A survey of cultivated heirloom tomato varieties identifies four new mutant alleles at the green-flesh locus

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-276

  Barry, Cornelius S ^a   Pandey, Priyanka ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll degradation; Fruit color; Fruit quality; Genotyping; Heirloom tomato; Stay green mutant

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL DEGRADATION; CROP DOMESTICATION; FRUIT COLOR; FRUIT QUALITY; GENOTYPING; HEIRLOOM TOMATO; MUTANT ALLELES; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; STAY-GREEN MUTANT; TOMATO VARIETIES;

GENES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84870293890     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-009-9289-4     Document Type: Article

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