NON-GM IMPROVED TOMATO CROPS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING CROPS WITH IMPROVED INHERITABLE TRAITS

摘要

The present invention discloses a method for producing a commercial non-GM tomato crop exhibiting at least one inheritable improved trait by exposing said population of plants to a predetermined light treatment regime, monitoring at least one trait of said tomato plants comparing to said control population and selecting the plants having the best improved trait. The tomatos obtained by the method of this invention exhibit an improved room temperature (17-27°C) shelf life of at least 45 days after harvesting, as compared to about 10 days for untreated control tomatos.