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Originally Posted by carolyn137
Very interesting Lee. And how was it determined that scent and sucrose accumulation were linked? I wouldn't have predicted that myself, but what do I know.
I know that if I move forward following my nose that my body follows, that's what I know. 
Carolyn |
Carolyn,
That's a good one - I suppose we all follow our noses most of the time!
But, to be honest, the linkage is guesswork. We figured Sungold had wild parentage because of the scent, which is unusual, but which wild tomatoes have. Sungold also has unusually high brix levels.
There are accessions available (particularly l. chmielewskii) which have that foliage scent and are also known to have the sucr gene.
Brix levels in ripe fruit from F2 and subsequent generation Sungold plants with the distinct aroma were found to be significantly higher than those without it.
The explanation fits what we have observed, but we can't know for sure without full genetic testing. Makes a great detective story though!
Lee