Toward a tastier tomato: Recovering the lost STP1 variant in modern tomato to improve soluble solid in fruit

In a study recently published in the journal Horticulture Research, researchers performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for SSC of the red-ripe fruits in a population consisting of 481 tomato accessions with large natural variations and found a new quantitative trait locus, STP1, encoding a Sugar Transporter Protein.


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Source: Phys.org