Morphological Characterization of Tomato Varieties

Abstract

Characterization provides information about genetic
diversity between two varieties at morphological as well
as molecular level. The varying qualities and characters
of different varieties created an interest to identify them.
With the proliferation of newly developed varieties in
tomato, the task ofestablishing identity ofthese varieties
and of maintaining the seed purity has become a major
concern. The visual identification and separation of
varieties on the basis of seed morphology is the simplest
and quickest method. However, in crop like tomato,
the seed morphological polymorphism is too narrow
to classify. Therefore, growingthecropfor morphological
observations on seedling, plant and fruit characters
become obvious. The International Union for the
Protection of New Varieties (UPOV) has prepared