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Validation and fine mapping of lyc12.1, a QTL for increased tomato fruit lycopene content.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Aug 2013
Kinkade Matthew P, Foolad Majid R
Abstract excerpt
Lycopene content is a key component of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit quality, and is a focus of many tomato-breeding programs. Two QTLs for increased fruit lycopene content, inherited from a high-lycopene S. pimpinellifolium accession, were previously detected on tomato chromosomes 7 and 12 using a S. lycopersicum × S. pimpinellifolium RIL population, and were identified as potential targets for...
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