Tomato Fruit Mutations

Gene	Name	syn or allele	Use	Description	Reference
*Abg*	Aubergine	---	color	Fruit epidermis purple, particularly on shoulder and where exposed to direct light; also enhanced by wounding.	1, 2
ac	apocarpous	---	shape	Highly deformed multicarpellate and apocarpous fruits
Af	Anthocyanin fruit	---	color	Anthocyanin in green and ripe fruit; environmentally sensitive, absent when shaded	1
*alc*	alcobaca	---	ripening	Greatly delayed fruit ripening processes.	a , b, c ,d
*anr*	antirrhinum	---	shape	Fruit elongated with hollow tip from which epiglottis extends resembling a snapdragon flower.	a
*ant*	aurantia	ant1	color	Short thick stems; many short side shoots; narrow, rugose, light green pinnae; light orange fruit; colorless pericarp.
at	apricot	---	color	Yellow-pink color of fruit flesh	flower, 1, a*, b, c , d
*atv*	atroviolacium	---	appearance	Excess anthocyanin on leaves, stems, and fruits
*aur*	aurantiaca	aur1	color	Small, pointed, yellowish light-green pinnae; orange fruit
B	Beta-carotene	---	color/ nutrition	High B-carotene, low lycopene in ripe fruit.	1,2 a , b , c , d , e
*B^c*	crimson	og^c	color/ nutrition	Increased fruit lycopene content; phenotype similar to B^og.	a , b
*B^m*	minutum	---	color/ nutrition	High B-carotene, low lycopene in ripe fruit.
*B^og*	old gold	og	color/ nutrition	Corolla tawny orange; increased fruit lycopene	flower
bg	bursting resistance	---	ripening	Resistance of fruit to bursting.	a
bk	beaked	bk2, bk3	shape	Fruits with sharp points at stylar end.	a
*Bk-2*	Beaked	---	shape	Sharp point at stylar end of fruit	a
Bt	bursting digenic inheritance	bg	ripening	Susceptibility to fruit bursting.	a
cc	constricting corolla		shape	Corolla in the presence of o results in pear shaped fruit	a
*ccf*	cactiflora	---	shape	Flower greatly fasciated; androecium, gynoecium and green tissues fused and distorted, enlarging into fruitlike structure; complete make and female sterility
*cit*	citriformis	---	shape	Plant reaches 1/3 - 2/5 typical size; half erect, weakly branched; foliage color grey-green; terminal segment of primary leaves long and narrow; older leaves serrated; lemon shaped fruit with conspicuous stylar scar.
ck	corky fruit	---	appearance	Pericarp cracked, exposed tissues becoming brown and leathery.
cr	radial crack resistance	---	ripening	Resistance of fruit to radial cracking	a, b
*ctr*	citrate concentration	---	nutrition	Low citric acid in fruit
*Del*	Delta	---	color/ nutrition	Reddish-orange mature fruit color, due to inhibition of lycopene, and increase of delta-carotene.	a, b, c, d,
dg	dark green	---	color	Immature fruit color normal; darker green color appears as fruit develops, then persists until onset of ripening, high chlorophyll compared to normal or hp	a, b,
*dps*	diospyros	---	color	Fruit tissue is dusky orange.
el	elongated	---	shape	Elongated fruits as in Oxheart. (syn. with e)	a
ep	easy peeling	---		Epidermis can be peeled from fruit without pretreatment
eu	eugenol concentration	---	nutrition	High eugenol concentration in fruit.
f	fasciated fruit	f^D	shape	Fruits many-loculed as in cv. Ponderosa	1
*Fgr*	Fructose to glucose ratio	---	nutrition	L.hirsutum - Ratio of fructose to glucose in fruit approx. 1.5:1; partially dominant over L. esculentum allele
fp	fruit pox	---	appearance	Many small dark green spots on immature fruit, rupture prior to ripening.
Fs	Fruit stripe	---	appearance	Fruit with dark green radial stripes opposite locules
ft	fruiting temperature	---	setting ability	Fruits can set at 40^o F.
*Gdf*	Gold Fleck	---	color	Small dark green spots on immature fruit, do not rupture but turn yellow on ripe fruit.
gf	green flesh	---	color	Persistent chlorophyll giving ripe fruit purplish-brown color.	1 a, b, c, d, e
*glu*	glutinosa	glu1	color/ appearance	Dark green, shiny fruit with sticky epidermis; poor germination.
Gr	Green ripe	gr	color	Resembles gf, except that center of fruit turns red.	a*, b
gs	green stripe	---	color/ appearance	Radical green stripes in epidermis of unripe fruit; golden in ripe fruit	1 a, b
*hp-1*	high pigment	hp-2	color/ nutrition	Chlorophyll, carotenoids, ascorbic acid content of fruit intensified.	1 , 2, a , b, c, d, e, f
*loa*	low acid	---		Low titratable fruit acidity.
*mel*	melongenoida	mel1	shape	Sometimes lax habit; oval fruit.
*mlt*	malate concentration	---	nutrition	Low malic acid levels in fruit versus high levels in mltD.
n	nipple tip	n-2 n-3 n-4	shape	Nipple tips at stylar end of fruits.	a , b, c, d, e
*nor*	non-ripening	---	ripening	Very retarded pigmentation, non-softening, and crack resistance of fruits.	1, 2 a, b ,c*, d, e
Nr	Never ripe	Nr-2	ripening/ color	Fruits ripen slowly to dirty orange color; homozygous viable.	1, 2 a, b, c
o	ovate	---	shape	Pear shaped fruits	a*[Dennet], b , c
O	Oval	ol	shape	Elongate fruits with low locule number	a, b, c
*obl*	oblate	---	shape	Oblate fruit shaped.
*ova*	ovata	---	shape	Seedlings smaller, branches slender, internodes shortened; foliage early whitish light green, later normal but light green virescent; fruits variably egg shaped.
*ovi*	oviformis	ovi1	shape	Broad, keeled, more crenate pinnae; long oval fruit
p	peach	---	appearance	Fruits with dull hariry surface.
*pat*	parthenocarpic fruit	pat-2	setting ability	Parthenocarpic fruit; closely linked with sha (short anthers).	a, b, c. d. e
pe	sticky peel	pe2		Sticky fruit epidermis.	a*, b
*ptb*	protuberant	---	shape	Stylar end of mature fruit protuberant
px	praecox	px1	shape/ ripening	Lax, spreading plant; small pinnae; larger, earlier fruit.
*r^-*	yellow flesh	---	color	Yellow color of ripe fruit flesh	1 a*,b, c
*r^prov4*	yellow flesh	---	color	Yellow color of ripe fruit flesh
*r^prov5*	yellow flesh	---	color	Yellow color of ripe fruit flesh
*r^y*	yellow flesh	---	color	Reddish yellow: Likely allele of r with reddish flesh tones in ripe fruit	a, b
*r^(2s)*	yellow flesh	(2s)	color	Yellow fruit flesh; lighter yellow flowers
*r^(1s)*	yellow flesh	(1s)	color	Yellow color of ripe fruit flesh.
*rin*	ripening inhibitor	---	ripening	Fruits green at maturity, later turning bright yellow, retarded ripening.	1,2 a
rl	radial cracking resistance	ra, cr	ripening/ appearance	Resistance of fruit to radial cracking.	a
sh	sherry	---	color	Fruit flesh yellow with reddish tinge
*snt*	snout	---	shape	Persistant style (beaked fruit)
*Spf*	Superpuff	Spf-2	shape	Extremely puffy, hollow locules and bell pepper shaped fruit.	1 a
*sucr*	sucrose accumulator	TIV1	nutrition	Accumulates predominantly sucrose in mature fruit, rather than glucose and fructose.	a, b
*sun*	sun1642 fruit shape	---	shape	Elongated fruit shape, from Sun1642.
t	tangerine	---	color	Fruit flesh and stamens orange colored.	1 a*, b, c, d, e, f, g, h
u	uniform ripening	many	ripening/ appearance	Unripe fruits of uniform light green color, lacking normal darker shoulder.	a*
vo	virescent orange	---	color	Yellow virescent; mature leaves pale bluish green; fruit flesh orange, redder in outer walls.
y	colorless fruit epidermis	---	color/ appearance	Fruit epidermis lacks pigmentation (clear skin).	a, b, c

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