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Exploring wild alleles from Solanum pimpinellifolium with the potential to improve tomato flavor compounds.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Sept 2020
Çolak Nergiz Gürbüz, Eken Neslihan Tek, Ülger Mehmet, Frary Anne, Doğanlar Sami
Abstract excerpt
Most consumers complain about the flavor of current tomato cultivars and many pay a premium for alternatives such as heirloom varieties. Breeding for fruit flavor is difficult because it is a quantitatively inherited trait influenced by taste, aroma and environmental factors. A lack of genetic diversity in modern tomato cultivars also necessitates exploration of new sources for flavor alleles. Wild tomato S....
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