Fruit quality

Evaluation of genetic dissimilarity in a segregating wine grape population

A. P. Viana, Riaz, S., and Walker, M. A., “Evaluation of genetic dissimilarity in a segregating wine grape population”, vol. 10, pp. 3847-3855, 2011.

This study examined the genetic diversity present in a population obtained by crossing two very distinctive varieties of wine grapes (142 progeny from a Riesling x Cabernet Sauvignon cross, including both parents, created at the University of California). The following list of morphological characters were evaluated and found to segregate in this population: cluster weight, cluster length, presence or absence of cluster wings, cluster wing length, number of berries, cluster density (CD), and berry weight.

Diallel analysis of production traits among domestic, exotic and mutant germplasms of Lycopersicon

G. Pratta, Picardi, L. A., and Zorzoli, R., “Diallel analysis of production traits among domestic, exotic and mutant germplasms of Lycopersicon”, vol. 2, pp. 206-213, 2003.

The effects of wild germplasm on tomato fruit shelf life have not yet been completely evaluated. Three different genotypes of Lycopersicon esculentum (a cultivated variety, a homozygote for nor and a homozygote for rin), LA1385 of L. esculentum var. cerasiforme, LA722 of L. pimpinellifolium, and 10 diallel hybrids were assayed. Mean values of fruit shelf life, weight, shape, and mean number of flowers per cluster were analyzed after Griffing (1956, Aust. J. Biology 9: 463-493), method 2, model 1.