The new panel has 1,309 markers that span across all 12 tomato chromosomes and can be utilised for both commercial processing and fresh tomato studies and breeding.

AgriPlex Genomics has released a new Commercial Tomato Panel, an extension of their Fresh Market Tomato Panel, designed by a consortium of tomato breeders and geneticists. The new panel has 1,309 markers that span across all 12 tomato chromosomes and can be utilized for both commercial processing and fresh tomato studies and breeding.

Marker selection for the new panel was conducted by Dr Tong Geon of the University of Florida with contributions from Professor David Francis of The Ohio State University. The additional markers added to the Commercial Panel were derived from genotypic datasets of diverse cultivated tomato inbreds, wide accessions, and their segregating populations. The average distance between adjacent markers is 745 kb, and the average number of markers per chromosome is 87.

The panel contains 319 trait-associated markers, including those for major cellular structure proteins, photosynthesis, disease resistance to fusarium, late blight resistance, and Verticillium wilt resistance protein.

“AgriPlex’s ongoing work with consortia has proven beneficial to our customers,” said Scott Weigel, CCO of AgriPlex Genomics. “This new panel is one of many in development.”