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July 17, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Minnesota
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I have several dozen new F1s that are just now starting to ripen. Several of these have a orange colored inbred parent tracing to Sungold or SunSugar. After looking at these hybrids this afternoon, I'm now thinking that the orange color in Sungold/SunSugar is dominant, either Del or B. I have some other unrelated orange lines that are tangerine, and some crosses that confound these genes - but it is starting to make some sense now.
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July 18, 2014 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: minnesota
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This is the first time I've grown sungold but I have a lot of B and t tomato types and from first looks it seems to be darker and more intense orange like that of the B gene. In the hybrid vigor post, Fusion Power states, grow a S. Habrochaites plant beside a Sungold plant. They will smell almost identical. I have not seen this odor in any of the other wild species. This is why I suspect Sungold is derived from a S. Habrochaites cross. Then I read this
http://tgc.ifas.ufl.edu/vol41/v41p55.html and I think maybe it is orange from the B allele from (L. hirsutum) S. Habrochaites. Starts to add up for me. Maybe sungold is a cross between (S. Habrochaites x L. esculentum) x Jaune Flamme. craig |
October 16, 2014 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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This thread has gone quiet, but contains a useful compendium of gene::variety information, so I figured I would wake it up again with some relevant information.
I've written a blog post about the anthocyanin traits in 'blue' tomatoes, including some discussion about where the genes came from. http://the-biologist-is-in.blogspot....ue-tomato.html |
October 19, 2014 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: France
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thank you Darren, your paper was a pleasure to read and very informative
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October 29, 2023 | #5 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: France
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Quote:
The dark green tomato project is aiming to answer this question http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...450#post771450 |
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