‘Nadja’ tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) set both seedless and seeded fruits under the fluctuating temperatures prevailing
during late-March and early-April in Assiut district, Egypt. Entirely seedless fruits developed under the low temperatures
prevailing during Dec. Seedless fruits seemed to develop vegetatively , i.e. with no need for stimulus pollination. All seedless
fruits were normally jelled and appeared similar in shape and size to the seeded fruits. Study of F
1, F
2, and backcross generations for the crosses ‘Cal Ace’ × ‘Nadja’ and ‘Peto-86’ × ‘Nadja’ suggested that the expression of the
trait was due to single homozygous recessive gene. Yield produced by ‘Nadja’ was higher than the F
1, F
2, and backcross generations in both the early- summer and the late-winter plantings. Potentially useful parthenocarpic segregates
were found in F
2 of the two crosses for increased fruit weight of normally shaped and jelled fruits.
breeding resources - environmental stresses - genetics - inheritance - Lycopersicon esculentum - seedlessness
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.