Sentences with phrase «in cultivated tomato»
This work relies on natural variation for these traits that is present in cultivated tomato and in the 12 wild relatives of tomato that occur in South America.
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New World Discovery The cultivated tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes New World crops such as potato and chili pepper, which spread around the world after Christopher Columbus brought them back to Spain in the 15th century.
Natural variation exists in the levels of pectate lyase gene expression in wild relatives of cultivated tomato and these can be used for conventional breeding purposes.
«If we can understand how these wild tomato relatives thrive in drought conditions, we can try to introduce those traits into cultivated tomatoes or other crops,» Rose said.
The tomato was first cultivated in Mexico, then brought to Europe in the 1500's and today is enjoyed worldwide.