Summary
Isozyme analyses have been used for the definitive identification of many plant cultivars, but not for cultivated tomatoes. Six isozyme systems, namely alcohol dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, phosphoglucomutase, esterase, phosphoglucoisomerase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase of tomato seed extracts were resolved by isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gels with a narrow pH gradient. Nine alcohol dehydrogenase phenotypes were distinguished which, with three acid phosphatase phenotypes, identified twelve of the seventeen cultivars. Fewer differences were found for the other isozymes. Since this method could differentiate between breeding parents and their progeny it is concluded that further investigations are warranted.
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Abbreviations
- APS:
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acid phosphatase
- ADH:
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alcohol dehydrogenase
- EST:
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esterase
- IEF:
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isoelectric focusing
- PGI:
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phosphoglucoisomerase
- PGM:
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phosphoglucomutase
- 6-PGDH:
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6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
- RFLP:
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restriction fragment length polymorphism
- VOPRI:
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Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Research Institute
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Henn, G., Neitz, A.W.H. & Louw, A.I. Identification of tomato cultivars (Lycopersicon esculentum) by polyacrylamide isoelectric focusing. Euphytica 62, 77–82 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037931
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