Ripe time for tomato genetics | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper
Ultimately, Cade said, the goal is to allow breeders to do predictive breeding.
“In this scenario, someone would say, ‘I need a tomato with this maturity date, this sugar content, and resistant to this pathogen,’ ” she said. “By looking at our tomato genomes, you can take various seed lines, cross them, and get this type of desired outcome.”
These investigations revealed tomatoes boast 31,760 genes, many of which scientists are analyzing to determine how they control the fruit’s growth.
Recent research from a North Carolina site of a global plant-development company revealed the tomato has at least 7,000 more genes than do humans.
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