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Fruit weight regulation by a paralog of Cell Size Regulator (CSR) in tomato and other crops.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 5 Mar 2026
Feng Qian, Pereira Lara, Sapkota Manoj, Karnatam Krishna Sai, Wang Yanbing, Nimmakayala Padma, Reddy Umesh K, van der Knaap Esther
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: A paralog of Cell Size Regulator (CSR), CSR-like1, underlies the novel fw6.2 QTL in tomato. The gene and locus regulate fruit weight by increasing pericarp cell size and its function on fruit weight appears to be conserved in other crops. Fruit weight is a quantitative trait that was under strong selection during the domestication of fruit and vegetable crops such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)....
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