Table 1.

Mean days to 50% germination (±SE) for the parental lines and the BC₁ population of an interspecific cross between a slow germinating tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) breeding line (NC84173) and a fast germinating L. pimpinellifolium accession (LA722) in the control (nonstress) and cold-, salt-, and drought-stress treatments.

Genotype	n (per treatment)	Control	Cold stress	Salt stress	Drought stress
P1 (NC84173)	512	$3.2\pm 0.1$	$14.9\pm 0.6$	$13.6\pm 0.7$	$12.5\pm 0.6$
P2 (LA722)	512	$1.7\pm 0.1$	$6.5\pm 0.3$	$4.2\pm 0.2$	$3.2\pm 0.2$
BC1 [P1(P1 ×P2)]	1000	$2.4\pm 0.2$	$9.8\pm 0.9$	$10.6\pm 1.1$	$8.0\pm 0.7$