Maurizio E Picarella, Fabrizio Ruiu, Luigi Selleri, Silvia Presa, Chiara Mizzotti, Simona Masiero, Lucia Colombo, Gian Piero Soressi, Antonio Granell, Andrea Mazzucato
Parthenocarpy allows fruit set independently of fertilization. In parthenocarpic-prone tomato genotypes, fruit set can be achieved under pollen-limiting environmental conditions and in sterile mutants. Parthenocarpy is also regarded as a quality-related trait, when seedlessness is associated with positive fruit quality aspects. Among the different sources of genetic parthenocarpy described in tomato, the parthenocarpic fruit ( pat ) mutation is of particular interest because of its strong expressivity, high fruit set, and enhanced fruit quality...
2024: Frontiers in Plant Science