Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The) · 1976 · 21 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesGeneticsPlant SciencesPlant GeneticsQuantitative GeneticsGenomic DivergencePlant Breeding GeneticsVegetable Crop GeneticsDivergenceGenetic Architecture Of TraitsGenetic Variance AnalysisHeterosis BreakdownHeterosis GeneticsPlant Height ControlQuantitative Trait DivergenceYield Heterosis
Twenty-five varieties of tomato studied in the present investigation showed no apparent parallelism between genetic and geographic divergence. The component characters locules per fruit and plant height were found to be important for the expression of genetic divergence. It is viewed that selection of parents differing in locule number and plant height may be worthwhile for heterosis breeding.