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Natural and induced loss of function mutations in SlMBP21 MADS-box gene led to jointless-2 phenotype in tomato.
Scientific reports - 30 Jun 2017
Roldan Maria Victoria Gomez, Périlleux Claire, Morin Halima, Huerga-Fernandez Samuel, Latrasse David, Benhamed Moussa, Bendahmane Abdelhafid
Abstract excerpt
Abscission is the mechanism by which plants disconnect unfertilized flowers, ripe fruits, senescent or diseased organs from the plant. In tomato, pedicel abscission is an important agronomic factor that controls yield and post-harvest fruit quality. Two non-allelic mutations, jointless (j) and jointless-2 (j-2), controlling pedicel abscission zone formation have been documented but only j-2 has been extensively...
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