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Exploring the influence of a single-nucleotide mutation in EIN4 on tomato fruit firmness diversity through fruit pericarp microstructure.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Sept 2024
Zhang Shiwen, Wu Shengqing, Jia Zhiqi, Zhang Junhong, Li Ying, Ma Xingyun, Fan Bingli, Wang Panqiao, Gao Yanna, Ye Zhibiao, Wang Wei
Abstract excerpt
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) stands as one of the most valuable vegetable crops globally, and fruit firmness significantly impacts storage and transportation. To identify genes governing tomato firmness, we scrutinized the firmness of 266 accessions from core collections. Our study pinpointed an ethylene receptor gene, SlEIN4, located on chromosome 4 through a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of fruit...
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