Torino
 

Hi all.

I've wondered for several months if there would be some interesting genes to get from that commercial variety.

Few of you might know it, as it's been on the market for a few years only, property of Saveol, a French company "specialized" :lol: in tomatoes.

The ad said it had high lycopen content so I bought two or three to keep seeds. It must be a hybrid, of course, so I know what to expect from it at F2.

The high lycopen content made me think of some interesting genes such as [url=http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Images/hp-1-LA3538-fruit.jpg]hp-1[/url], hp-2...

Google is nice and translated [url=http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senioractu.com%2FLa-Torino-une-tomate-anti-age-naturellement-plus-riche-en-lycopene_a7248.html&act=url]this page[/url] in English for you (or tried so, at least).

The flesh had normal red color or a bit brighter, the seeds gel was bright colored, and the "placenta" around also, I think.

I sowed them a bit more than two weeks ago. I expect them to flower early enough, so I can make experiments to verify my hypothesis, and try to make something like that :

[url]http://www.springerimages.com/Images/LifeSciences/1-10.1007_978-1-4419-0194-1_12-3[/url]

[url]http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/content/99/3/292.full[/url]