Diversity among Modern Tomato Genotypes at Different Levels in Fresh-Market Breeding
Table 2
Measuring/rating scale used for traits phenotyped for tomato genotypes.
Traits
Measuring/rating scale
Fruit shape
Flattened (1)
Slightly flattened (2)
Rounded (3)
High rounded (4)
Heart shaped (5)
Cylindrical (6)
Pyriform (7)
Ellipsoid (8)
Leaf shape
Dwarf (1)
Potato leaf type (2)
Standard (3)
Peruvianum (4)
Pimpinellifolium (5)
Hirsutum (6)
Green fruit color
Greenish-white (3)
Light green (4)
Green (5)
Dark green (6)
Very dark green (7)
Dark (8)
Fruit size
Very small (1)
Small (2)
Intermediate (3)
Large (4)
Very large (5)
Late blight
20% (1)
40% (2)
60% (3)
80% (4)
100% (5)
Fruit shoulder shape
Flat (1)
Slightly depressed (3)
Moderately depressed (5)
Strongly depressed (7)
Growth type
Dwarf (1)
Determinate (2)
Semi-determinate (3)
Indeterminate (4)
Fruit type
Large (1)
Plum (2)
Grape (3)
Cherry (4)
Ribbing
Very weak (1)
Weak (3)
Intermediate (5)
Strong (7)
Ripening
Very early (1)
Early (1)
Standard (3)
Late (4)
Green shoulder
Uniform green
Slight
Intermediate
Dark
Leaf color
Light green (1)
Standard (2)
Dark green (3)
Foliage density
Sparse (3)
Intermediate (5)
Dense (7)
Ripe fruit color
Red (1)
Pink (2)
Yellow (3)
Inflorescence
Generally uniparous (1)
Both uniparous and multiparous (2)
Pedicel
Jointless (0)
Jointed (1)
Bacterial spot
Horsfall-Barette scale
Height
Quantitative
Number of fruits/inflorescence
Quantitative
Chlorophyll
Quantitative
Seedling height
Quantitative
Traits measured using the phenotypic scale developed by IPGRI (1996) with some modifications. Chlorophyll content was measured using SPAD 502 plus chlorophyll meter and height measurements were done by measuring scale.
