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Old April 6, 2018   #3
Boutique Tomatoes
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rin is non-ripening, so a rin/rin breeding line for making F1 ESL hybrids with will never show the fruit color. The most you end up with is some yellowing as they mature.



In rin lines that have the crimson gene you will see a bit of red even in a rin/rin. But I'm interested in the colors you don't normally see in these lines.



So if a rin/rin line has the tangerine gene or the gf gene for example, you can't tell from the fruit or the plant. I'm trying to figure out if there is an easier way than making 4-5 crosses with each F3 plant and trying to determine which color genes they have to make further selections.
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