Breeding Has Increased the Diversity of Cultivated Tomato in The Netherlands

It is generally believed that domestication and breeding of plants has led to genetic erosion, including loss of nutritional value and resistances to diseases, especially in tomato. We studied the diversity dynamics of greenhouse tomato varieties in NW Europe, especially The Netherlands, over the la...

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Main Authors: Henk J. Schouten, Yury Tikunov, Wouter Verkerke, Richard Finkers, Arnaud Bovy, Yuling Bai, Richard G.F. Visser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01606/full