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A new tomato rootstock seed parent which combines the characters green stem, potato leaf and long style in a Lycopersicon esculentum genotype has been produced. This will facilitate seed production of the interspecific F1 hybrid rootstock which is used for grafted crops, and also permit the positive identification of any off-types which arise from accidental self-pollination of the seed parent. The new seed parent has been named GCR 66. It is proposed that rootstocks derived from this type of seed parent shall be called ‘Markerstocks’. GCR 66 is very similar to the cultivar ‘Ailsa Craig’ in its agronomic characters and will be useful for studies with the tomato when pollination needs to be accurately controlled.
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Smith, J.W.M. A new tomato rootstock seed parent. Euphytica 15, 395–403 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022186
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