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January 30, 2013 | #32 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Espanola, New Mexico
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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 |
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