Genotype and environmental interaction for fruit quality traits in vintage tomato varieties

• Published in: Euphytica 2013-09, Vol.193 (2), p.169-182
• Main Authors: Panthee, Dilip R., Labate, Joanne A., McGrath, Margaret T., Breksa, Andrew P., Robertson, Larry D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; Life Sciences; Lycopene; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Tomatoes; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Vitamins
• ISSN: 0014-2336; 1573-5060
• DOI: 10.1007/s10681-013-0895-1

Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) is the second most highly consumed vegetable in the world after potato. Traits including physicochemical (lycopene, total titratable acid (TTA), total soluble solids (TSS) and vitamin C), morphological (fruit shape and size) and colors contribute to the overall fruit quality of tomato. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate vintage tomato varieties representing a wide genetic background for fruit quality including physicochemical, morphological and color traits in multiple environments and to analyze consistency of their performances across locations. In order to achieve this objective, we acquired 44 vintage tomato varieties and evaluated them in five environments (NC, NY, OH in 2009, and NC and OH in 2010). Analysis of the data revealed that there was a significant ( p