Frogsleap Farm
Our tomato breeding blog
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Genetic Variation in Tomatoes and Wild Relatives
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Wild in the Andes The center of origin/center of diversity for tomato is the Andean region of South America (Equador, Peru, C...
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Introgression of traits from commercial tomato hybrids into heirloom types
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Heirloom type tomatoes are the result of generations of selection for flavor. However they typically lack other elements of fruit quali...
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Monday, January 1, 2018
New Year's News from Frogsleap Farm
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We've each had 25+ year careers in plant breeding. It’s been fun, but we are excited to be within 4 months of retirement. This will a...
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Monday, April 24, 2017
Use of Molecular Markers in Tomato Breeding
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Foolad and Panthee (2012) give an excellent review of Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) in tomato breeding, providing more detail than in...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
Breeding Strategies for Improving Shelf Life in Tomatoes
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T omato is one of many plants that have evolved an “edible fruit” strategy for seed dispersal. Mature seed is encased in a fruit designed ...
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