Domestication and breeding of tomatoes: What have we gained and what can we gain in the future?

被引:378
作者
Bai, Yuling
Lindhout, Pim
机构
[1] Wageningen Univ, Lab Plant Breeding, NL-6700 AJ Wageningen, Netherlands
[2] De Ruiter Seeds, NL-2660 BB Bergschenhoek, Netherlands
关键词
breeding; domestication; genomics; Solanum lycopersicum;
D O I
10.1093/aob/mcm150
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Background It has been shown that a large variation is present and exploitable from wild Solanum species but most of it is still untapped. Considering the thousands of Solanum accessions in different gene banks and probably even more that are still untouched in the Andes, it is a challenge to exploit the diversity of tomato. What have we gained from tomato domestication and breeding and what can we gain in the future? Scope This review summarizes progress on tomato domestication and breeding and current efforts in tomato genome research. Also, it points out potential challenges in exploiting tomato biodiversity and depicts future perspectives in tomato breeding with the emerging knowledge from tomato-omics. Conclusions From first domestication to modern breeding, the tomato has been continually subjected to human selection for a wide array of applications in both science and commerce. Current efforts in tomato breeding are focused on discovering and exploiting genes for the most important traits in tomato germplasm. In the future, breeders will design cultivars by a process named 'breeding by design' based on the combination of science and technologies from the genomic era as well as their practical skills.
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页码:1085 / 1094
页数:10
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