"Tomato’s wild ancestor is a genomic reservoir for plant breeders"

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Dec-02 Wed 13:21
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Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit. Over time, the plant evolved into S. lycopersicum – the modern cultivated tomato. Although today’s tomatoes are larger and easier to farm compared with their…

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