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Identification of malodorous, a wild species allele affecting tomato aroma that was aelected against during domestication.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 27 Mar 2002
Tadmor Yaakov, Fridman Eyal, Gur Amit, Larkov Olga, Lastochkin Elena, Ravid Uzi, Zamir Dani, Lewinsohn Efraim
Abstract excerpt
Vegetable cultivation favored the inclusion of pleasant aromas in the produce, whereas unpleasant aromas were selected against. Introgression lines, generated by hybridization of a cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to its wild relative L. pennellii, were used to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) that influence tomato aroma. A marked undesirable flavor was detected by taste panelists in L. pennellii...
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