Abstract:Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crops cultivated and consumed worldwide. Demand is increasing daily because of increase in per capita fresh fruit consumption. Despite the economic importance of tomato, it has relatively short shelf-life after ripening and experiences remarkable post-harvest losses. This study was aimed at using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) to transfer shelf-life gene (alc) into the genetic background of two elite Ghanaian tomato breeding lines. The MABC derived lines at BC… Show more
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