Integration of tomato reproductive developmental landmarks and expression profiles, and the effect of SUN on fruit shape.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universally accepted landmark stages are necessary to highlight key events in plant reproductive development and to facilitate comparisons among species. Domestication and selection of tomato resulted in many varieties that differ in fruit shape and size. This diversity is useful to unravel underlying molecular and developmental mechanisms that control organ morphology and patterning. The tomato fruit shape gene SUN controls fruit elongation. The most dramatic effect of SUN on fruit shape occurs after pollination and fertilization although a detailed investigation into the timing of the fruit shape change as well as gene expression profiles during critical developmental stages has not been conducted.

Results

We provide a description of floral and fruit development

SUBMITTER: Xiao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2685393 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature