A Lycopene ε-Cyclase TILLING Allele Enhances Lycopene and Carotenoid Content in Fruit and Improves Drought Stress Tolerance in Tomato Plants.
Petrozza A, Summerer S, Melfi D, Mango T, Vurro F, Bettelli M, Janni M, Cellini F, Carriero F.
Petrozza A, et al.
Genes (Basel). 2023 Jun 17;14(6):1284. doi: 10.3390/genes14061284.
Genes (Basel). 2023.
PMID: 37372464
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In leaf tissue, the novel G/3378/T SlLCY-E allele enhances beta,beta-xanthophyll content at the expense of lutein, which decreases, while in ripe tomato fruit the TILLING mutation induces a significant increase in lycopene and total carotenoid content. Under drought stress …
In leaf tissue, the novel G/3378/T SlLCY-E allele enhances beta,beta-xanthophyll content at the expense of lutein, which decreases, w …