Forum area for discussing hybridizing tomatoes in technical terms and information pertinent to trait/variety specific long-term (1+ years) growout projects.
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September 2, 2011 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Decatur, GA, zone 7
Posts: 28
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Who's working on earliness?
Wow, what a lot of interesting projects are going on here.
Who's working on making early tomatoes more flavorful, or flavorful varieties earlier? I'm thinking of starting a project like that, and would rather build on than duplicate the work of others. I skimmed the tomato gene pages linked here, but didn't find any genes specifically for flavor (like fruitiness, spiciness, smokiness etc.) I did find a gene that controlled acidity, but that's less interesting. Two genes mentioned in this paper: http://www.springerlink.com/content/5ux675jh6a1g4mth/ reduce the time between flowering and ripening. I was thinking of trying to get those genes into some of the more flavorful varieties through a lot of backcrossing. Is anyone doing that already? |
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