Inheritance of fruit color and pigment changes in a yellow tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) mutant

A naturally occurring yellow tomato fruit mutant cv. Santa Clara was reciprocally crossed with the red wild type, after which F1 plants were self pollinated or backcrossed with both parents. Plants from F1 generations produced all fruits with a homogeneous deep red color when ripe. F2 plants showed...

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Main Authors: Elizanilda R. do Rêgo, Fernando L. Finger, Vicente W.D. Casali, Antônio A. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1999-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000100019