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Accumulation of anthocyanins in tomato skin extends shelf life.
The New phytologist - 1 Nov 2013
Bassolino Laura, Zhang Yang, Schoonbeek Henk-Jan, Kiferle Claudia, Perata Pierdomenico, Martin Cathie
Abstract excerpt
Shelf life is one of the most important traits for the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) industry. Two key factors, post-harvest over-ripening and susceptibility to post-harvest pathogen infection, determine tomato shelf life. Anthocyanins accumulate in the skin of Aft/Aft atv/atv tomatoes, the result of introgressing alleles affecting anthocyanin biosynthesis in fruit from two wild relatives of tomato, which results...
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