Tomato with improved shelf-life

摘要

The invention relates to a tomato plant the fruits of which have an improved shelf-life as compared to the fruits of a wild type tomato plant, obtainable by introgressing the increased shelf life trait from the mutant LePQ58 (deposit accession number NCIMB 41531) into a tomato plant with a normal shelf-life. The increased shelf-life comprises a fruit that shows normal ripening having a fruit firmness at red ripe harvest that is increased by at least 31%, preferably by at least 42%, more preferably by at least 52%, even more preferably by at least 60%, most preferably by at least 70% as compared to a fruit having similar genetic background that lacks the trait of the invention.