[ChrisK]

Several new papers today:

Functional genomics of tomato in a post-genome-sequencing phase

K Aoki, Y Ogata, K Igarashi, K Yano, H Nagasaki… - Breeding science, 2013
Abstract Completion of tomato genome sequencing project has broad impacts on genetic
and genomic studies of tomato and Solanaceae plants. The reference genome sequence
derived from Solanum lycopersicum cv 'Heinz 1706'serves as the firm basis for ...

Current challenges and future potential of tomato breeding using omics approaches

M Kusano, A Fukushima - Breeding science, 2013
Abstract As tomatoes are one of the most important vegetables in the world, improvements in
the quality and yield of tomato are strongly required. For this purpose, omics approaches
such as metabolomics and transcriptomics are used not only for basic research to ...

Genes that influence yield in tomato

T Ariizumi, Y Shinozaki, H Ezura - Breeding science, 2013
Abstract Yield is the most important breeding trait of crops. For fruit-bearing plants such as
Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), fruit formation directly affects yield. The final fruit size
depends on the number and volume of cell layers in the pericarp of the fruit, which is ...

DNA marker applications to molecular genetics and genomics in tomato

K Shirasawa, H Hirakawa - Breeding science, 2013
Abstract Tomato is an important crop and regarded as an experimental model of the
Solanaceae family and of fruiting plants in general. To enhance breeding efficiency and
advance the field of genetics, tomato has been subjected to DNA marker studies as one of ...