Unused natural variation can lift yield barriers in plant breeding.

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020245

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Unused natural variation can lift yield barriers in plant breeding.

PLoS biology - 1 Oct 2004

Gur Amit, Zamir Dani

Abstract excerpt

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 pyramid of three independent yield-promoting genomic regions introduced from the drought-tolerant green-fruited wild...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Breeding
Crosses, Genetic
Genes, Plant
Genetic Markers
Genetic Techniques
Genetic Variation
Genome
Genome, Plant
Genotype
Heterozygote
Hybridization, Genetic
Solanum lycopersicum
Models, Statistical
Phenotype
Plants
Quantitative Trait Loci

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PMID: 15328532
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020245
PMCID: PMC514488

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