Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..1

Announcements ………………………………………………………………………………………....…3

Feature Article ………………………………………………………………………………………………7

Research Reports

Occurrence of Anthocyanin in Cultivated Tomato

Boches, Peter S. and Myers, James R. ……………………………………………………….………14

Thifensulfuron susceptibility in tomatoes and possible linkage with blossom end rot

Dick, Jim ……………………………………………………………………………………………….… 20

Co-dominant SCAR marker for detection of the begomovirus-resistance Ty-2 locus derived

from Solanum habrochaites in tomato germplasm

Garcia, Brenda E., Graham, Elaine, Jensen, Katie S., Hanson, Peter, Mejía, Luis

and Maxwell, Douglas P. …………………………………………………………………….……..…. 21

Co-dominant SCAR Markers for Detection of the Ty-3 and Ty-3a Loci from Solanum chilense

at 25 cM of Chromosome 6 of Tomato

Ji, Yuanfu, Salus, Melinda S., van Betteray, Bram, Smeets, Josie, Jensen, Katie S.,

Martin, Christopher T., Mejía, Luis, Scott, Jay W., Havey, Michael J. and

Maxwell, Douglas P. ………………………………………………………………………………..…. 25

Antioxidants in Faculty Tomatoes
Kedar, N. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29

Evaluation of PCR-based markers for scanning tomato chromosomes for introgressions

from wild species

Martin, Christopher T., Salus, Melinda S., Garcia, Brenda E., Jensen, Katie S., Montes, Luis,

Zea, Carolina, Melgar, Sergio, El Mehrach, Khadija, Ortiz, Julieta, Sanchez, Amilcar,

Havey, Michael J., Mejía, Luis and Maxwell, Douglas P. …………………………………………. 31

Identification of molecular markers linked to a new Tomato spotted wilt virus resistance

source in tomato

Price, David L., Memmott, Frederic D., Scott, Jay W., Olson, Steve M. and Stevens, Mikel R. 35

Evaluation of a co-dominant SCAR marker for detection of the Mi-1 locus for resistance to

root-knot nematode in tomato germplasm

Seah, Stuart, Williamson, Valerie M., Garcia, Brenda E., Mejía, L., Salus, Melinda S.,

Martin, Christopher T. and Maxwell, Douglas P. ………………………………………………….. 37

Transgenic Lycopersicon ssp. plants expressing the gene for human acidic

fibroblast growth factor

Stoykova, Petya, Radkova, Mariana, Stoeva-Popova, Pravda, Wang, Xingzhi and

Atanassov, Atanas ………………………………………………………………………………….… 41

Varietal Pedigrees

‘Fla. 8153’ tomato hybrid; Fla. 8059 and Fla. 7907 breeding lines.

Scott, J.W., Baldwin, E.A., Klee, H.A., Olson, S.M., Bartz, J.A., Sims, C.A.

and Brecht, J.K.. 2006……………………............................................................................. 44

Gc9, Gc171, and Gc173 begomovirus resistant inbreds.

Scott, J.W. and Schuster, D.J.. 2006……………………………………………....…………… 45

Stock Lists …………………………………………………………………………………….…….….… 47

Membership List …………………………………………………………………………….……….….. 74

Author Index ………………………………………………………………………………….………….. 79