Fine-tuning dosage of mutant genes unleashes long-trapped yield potential in tomato plant

Fine-tuning dosage of mutant genes unleashes long-trapped yield potential in tomato plant 05/25/2017 07:03 PM EDT A team of plant geneticists at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory demonstrates how bringing together beneficial traits in agricultural breeding can have negative consequences. They discover and dissect a case of negative epistasis in a variety of the tomato plant. But they also show how to exploit this knowledge to derive untapped yield potential from the plant. Full story at http://www.cshl.edu/news-and-features/researchers-fine-tune-dosages-of-mutant-genes-to-capture-long-trapped-yield-potential-in-tomato-plants.html Source Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111