The cross Comet x L. cheesmanii typ., between the two species of
the genus Lycopersicon, studied by us, which in our conditions showed
40-55% fruit setting, when using irradiated pollen for crosses showed
a considerable increasing of crossability between them.
Analogical results were obtained in the cross with the species L.
hirsutum f. glabratum. The work on overcoming the incrossability by
pollen irradiation is going on.
Daskaloff, Chr., M. Konstantinova, and K.
Moinova Inheritance of lycopin
content in tomato fruits of diallel
cross.
In connection with our breeding
program for high quality of
tomatoes, analyses of species,
varieties and F1 hybrids in the
diallel cross 6 x 6 were made.
The results of the analyses made showed that hp/hp and L. cheesmanii
typicus had the highest content of lycopin (Table 1).
In Table 2 the values of the relationship between the dominant and
additive parameter (d/a) are given for every F1 combination.
In most cases this relationship was higher than zero and lower than
one, showing incomplete dominance of one of the parents. Only in some
crosses d/a was equal to one or a little more than one and that showed
dominance. The direction of dominance was different.