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By relatively simple breeding procedures, seven different modifications of fruit and pedicel have been successfully transferred from wild tomatoes of the Galápagos Islands to large-fruited cultivars. Some of these traits, the majority of which are simply inherited, may have horticultural value. Such introgression from the wild forms is expedited by the remarkable freedom from barriers at any stage of the breeding processes.
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Various aspects of this work have been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation. The Galápagos parents were collected under the auspices of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the competent assistance of Dora G. Hunt and Dr. John E. Boynton; receipt of many invaluable collections from Sr. Miguel Castro, Conservation Officer, Charles Darwin Station, Galápagos, Ecuador; and analyses of fruit pigments by Dr. Gordon Mackinney, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California.
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Rick, C.M. Fruit and pedicel characters derived from Galápagos Tomatoes’. Econ Bot 21, 171–184 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897867
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