Multiflora gene

[jmsieglaff]

Hello,

From what I found on a TGRC, the multiflora gene is a single recessive? Is that true?

s -- compound inflorescence Very compound inflorescences.

(From http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Genes.html)

So crossing a regular indeterminate and a multiflora, one should expect 1/4 multiflora in the F2?

Thanks,
Justin

[jmsieglaff]

And to follow up on that question, if some say determinates have poorer flavor (in general, obviously not a firm rule) than indeterminates due to fruit to foliage ratio, does similar reasoning apply to multiflora?

2016 will be the first time I've grown a multiflora and still then only 1 variety, so I cannot speak from experience.

The reason I ask is I could see myself potentially crossing a multiflora with some regular indeterminate favorites.

[nicollas]

I think number of fruits and fruit size are linked, so my guess is that you'll not loose very much of the fruit/foliage ratio because you'll have little fruit size

[nicollas]

I plan to play with the s gene too. I guess you're correct but that the inflorescens size can be linked to other genes, like i feel is at play with trusses size ?

[jmsieglaff]

Originally Posted by nicollas

inflorescens size can be linked to other genes, like i feel is at play with trusses size ?

I bet you're onto something there. I'll have to look a bit into those genes as well.

[ChrisK]

There have been other discussions of multiflora in recent past here, you might want to search for them.

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

Hello,

From what I found on a TGRC, the multiflora gene is a single recessive? Is that true?

s -- compound inflorescence Very compound inflorescences.

(From http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Genes.html)

So crossing a regular indeterminate and a multiflora, one should expect 1/4 multiflora in the F2?

Thanks,
Justin

[jmsieglaff]

Thanks Chris, is this the discussion you speak of?

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ra+gene&page=2