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Genetical and environmental factors influencing seed size of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill.) and the effect of seed size on growth and development of tomato plants

✍ Scribed by G. Pet; Frida Garretsen

Publisher
Springer
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
466 KB
Volume
32
Category
Article
ISSN
0014-2336

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✦ Synopsis

Among cultivars of tomato important heritable differences for seed size occur. The inheritance of this character appears to be determined predominantly by maternal factors.

Seed size is also influenced by environmental factors, such as mode of pollination and competition between fruits within and between trusses.

Large seeds germinate earlier than small seeds, may produce larger cotyledons and more vigorous and earlier yielding plants, but generally the effect of seed size on growth is relatively small or absent. Therefore breeding large seeded tomato cultivars to hasten and improve production does not seem to open prospects.

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