1993/11/01 by John R. Stommel, Kathleen G. Haynes
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Growth and nutrition in plants #Banana Cultivation and Research #Pineapple and bromelain studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.21273/jashs.118.6.859
Fruit of the cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) store predominantly glucose and fructose whereas fruit of the wild species L. hirsutum Humb. & Bonpl. characteristically accumulate sucrose. Reducing sugar and sucrose concentrations were measured in mature fruit of parental, F 1 , F 2 , and backcross (BC 1 ) populations derived from an initial cross of L. esculentum `Floradade' × L. hirsutum PI 390514. Generational means analysis demonstrated that additive effects were equal to dominance effects for percentage of reducing sugar. It was determined that a single major gene, dominant for a high percentage of reducing sugar, regulates the percentage of reducing sugar in tomatoes. We propose that this gene be designated sucr. Only additive effects were demonstrated to be important for glucose: fructose ratios. Using L. hirsutum as a donor parent for increasing total soluble solids concentration in the cultivated tomato is discussed.