Unused natural variation can lift yield barriers in plant breeding.

Natural biodiversity is an underexploited sustainable resource that can enrich the genetic basis of cultivated plants with novel alleles that improve productivity and adaptation. We evaluated the progress in breeding for increased tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) yield using genotypes carrying a pyrami...

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Main Authors: Amit Gur, Dani Zamir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2004-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC514488?pdf=render

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