Domestic and Wild Tomatoes (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Domestic and Wild Tomatoes

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Wild tomato species are not edible, but they can be bred with domestic tomatoes to introduce new traits such as flavor and drought resistance. A new genome sequence for wild Solanum pennellii will help this work. Pictured are domestic and wild tomato fruit. L to R: Solanum lycopersicum, and wild relatives S. pimpinellifolium, S. habrochaites and S. pennellii.

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Brad Townsley, UC Davis

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