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Candidate genes and quantitative trait loci affecting fruit ascorbic acid content in three tomato populations.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2007
Stevens Rebecca, Buret Michel, Duffé Philippe, Garchery Cécile, Baldet Pierre, Rothan Christophe, Causse Mathilde
Abstract excerpt
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a major source of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), an important antioxidant for the human diet and also for plants. Ascorbic acid content in fruit exhibits a quantitative inheritance. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for ascorbic acid content have been mapped in three tomato populations derived from crosses between cultivated tomato varieties (Solanum lycopersicum accessions) and three...
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