Cultivar Differences in Fruit Malformation in Tomato and its Relationship with Nutrient and Hormone Levels in Shoot Apices
Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: Cultivar differences in fruit malformation in tomato were studied using 5 cultivarswith multilocular and oligolocular fruits. When the seedlings were exposed to low temperature, occurrence of fruit malformation was severe in multilocular cultivars (‘Ponderosa’ and ‘Ogatafukuju’) but it was slight in oligolocular cultivars (‘Kyokko’ and ‘Sweety’). When the seedlings were treated with TIBA (2, 3, 5-triiodobenzoic acid) and GA3 (gibberellic acid), ‘Ponderosa’ and ‘Ogatafukuju’ also showed severer fruit malformation than the other oligolocular cultivars. ‘Ogatafukuju’, which showed a higher degree of fruit malformation than ‘Kyokko’, accumulated more total sugar and gibberellin in the shoot apex when the seedlings were exposed to low temperature.
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.58.971
Authors: Takashi HOSOKI, Katsumi OHTA, Tadashi ASAHIRA
Institutions: Shimane University, Kyoto University, University of Shimane
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2087972151