Figure 5.
Tomato kix8 kix9 plants produce enlarged fruits that display increased pericarp thickness. A, Representative red ripe fruits produced by wild-type, kix8 kix9#1, and kix8 kix9#2 plants. B, Equatorial sections of representative red ripe fruits produced by wild-type, kix8 kix9#1, and kix8 kix9#2 plants. Plants were grown in soil under 16:8 h photoperiods with daytime and nighttime temperatures of 26–29°C and 18–20°C, respectively.