QTL Responsible for Tomato Fruit Firmness

摘要

This invention relates to QTL responsible for significantly increased firmness in tomato fruit in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic elements. A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.

主权项

1. A tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness at the harvesting stage linked to a genetic element in the cultivated tomato plant producing said tomato fruit, wherein said firmness is up to 4 times greater than that of fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have the said genetic element.