A new mutant genetic resource for tomato crop improvement by TILLING technology

BMC Research Notes

Table 2 List of phenotype classes and subclasses

	Class	Subclass	No. of plants
1	Seed	No germination	3,904
		Seedling lethality	1,674
2	Cotyledons	Colour	264
		Number	82
		Morphology	17
		Size	2
		Other cotyledon development	3
3	Plant size	Small plant	303
		Large plant	4
4	Plant habit	Aborted growth	81
		Branching	109
		Internode length	16
		Other plant habit	174
5	Leaf morphology	Leaf complexity	27
		Leaf size	98
		Leaf texture	16
		Leaf width	12
		Other leaf development	188
6	Leaf colour	Dark green leaf	19
		Dull green/grey leaf	19
		Purple leaf	17
		Variegation	20
		White leaf	4
		Yellow leaf	28
		Yellow-green leaf	79
7	Flowering	Late flowering	142
8	Inflorescence	Inflorescence structure	28
9	Flower morphology	Flower homeotic mutation	5
		Flower organ size	10
		Flower organ width	12
		Other flower morphology	4
10	Flower colour	Pale yellow flower	13
		White flower	5
11	Fruit size	Large fruit	212
		Small fruit	192
12	Fruit morphology	Long fruit	43
		Other fruit morphology	2
		Rounded fruit	4
13	Fruit colour	Dark red fruit	0
		Green fruit	0
		Orange fruit	0
		Yellow fruit	3
14	Fruit number	Absent	1,073
		Few	1,393
		Many	64
15	Sterility	Partial sterility	2,125
		Total sterility	576
16	Seed germination into fruit	Seed germination into fruit	208
17	Disease and stress response	Necrosis	48
		Wilting	80
		Other disease response	0

Number of plants bearing a specific mutant phenotype. Since a single plant may also be recorded more than once, if it was scored for more than one phenotype, the numbers are not additive.
The data reported in this table refer to the phase of M2 population development.

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