DEGREE OF DOMINANCE AND EFFECT OF HETEROSIS BY ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE TRAITS IN F1 TOMATO HYBRIDS WITH MUTANT MARKER GENES

Milania MAKOVEI*

Moldova State University, Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
* Corresponding author: Makovei M.
E-mail address: milania.makovei@igfpp.usm.md

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29081/SCSB.2025.34.1.07

Abstract

The article presents the features of inheritance of the main economically valuable traits of F1 tomato hybrids and the manifestation of heterosis effect on them in combinations from crossing mutant, semi-mutant forms with genotypes of cultural type. The ambiguous influence of mutant marker genes on the character of inheritance of traits and manifestation of heterosis effect on them is shown. The F1 hybrids (rin, nor, Ln, Wom) inherited components and subcomponents of productivity, total yield and fruit marketability with simultaneous manifestation of high heterosis effect on them by the type of positive and overdominance. The trait “duration of vegetation period” was inherited by the intermediate type. Negative dominance and overdominance of the main economically valuable traits are observed in combinations with sterility genes (ps-2 and ps), including pollen quality and its response to high and low temperatures. The highest heterosis effect on all studied traits is observed in combinations of intermutant F1 hybrids. F1 hybrids were identified: L186(rin) × Mo 835(Ln); L8/234(nor) × Mo 835(Ln); L201(nor) × Mo341(Wom) with stable high heterosis effect on productivity subcomponents, total yield, fruit marketability, with high adaptive potential to the action of high and low temperature stress factors in three different years of research (2020-2022).

Keywords

Tomato F1 hybrids Mutant marker genes Inheritance Heterosis effect Economically valuable traits