Table 1.
Hormonal mutations introgressed into cv. Micro-Tom
| Mutant | Hormonal classa | Effect/Gene function | Origin | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| diageotropica (dgt) | Auxin | Low sensitivity. Defect in a cyclophilin biosynthesis gene (a putative signal transduction component) | LA1529 cv. unknown |
[14] |
| Never ripe (Nr) | Ethylene | Low sensitivity. Defective for an ethylene receptor | LA0162 cv. Pearson |
[17] |
| epinastic (epi) | Ethylene | Ethylene overproduction. Unknown gene function | LA2089 cv. VFN8 |
[16] |
| sitiens (sit) | ABA | ABA deficiency. Defective for ABA-aldehyde oxidase | LA0574 cv. Rheinlands Ruhm |
[26] |
| flacca (flc) | ABA | ABA deficiency. Defective for maturation of ABA-aldehyde oxidase Mo cofactor | LA0673 cv. Rheinlands Ruhm |
[26] |
| notabilis (not) | ABA | ABA deficiency. Defective for NCED (carotenoid cleavage enzyme). | LA0617 cv. Lukulus |
[27] |
| gibberellin deficient 1 (gib1) | GA | GA deficiency. Defective for ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase (CPS) | LA2893 cv. Moneymaker |
[21] |
| gibberellin deficient 2 (gib2) | GA | GA deficiency. Defective for conversion of ent-7α-hydroxykaurenoic acid to GA12-aldehyde | LA2894 cv. Moneymaker |
[21] |
| gibberellin deficien t3 (gib3) | GA | GA deficiency. Defective for ent-kaurene synthase (KS) | LA2895 cv. Moneymaker |
[21] |
| procera (pro) | GA | Constitutive response. Contains a point mutation in a gene that converts the VHVID putative DNA-binding domain of the tomato DELLA gene into VHEID | LA0565 cv. Condine Red |
[19] |
| curl 3 (cu3) | BR | Decreased sensitivity. Defective for BR receptor (LeBRI1) found in S. pimpinellifolium | LA2398 wild species |
[24] |
| dumpy (dpy) | BR | BR deficiency. Probably defective in the conversion of 6-deoxocatasterone to 6-deoxoteasterone | LA0811 cv. unknown |
[23] |
a ABA = abscisic acid; GA = gibberellin; BR = brassinosteroid.