Lycopersicon, modifying

Le Gall, G. et al., Characterization and content of flavonoid glycosides in genetically modified tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruits, J. Agric. Food Chem., 51, 2438, 2003. 

Consequences of Modifying Biochemically Mediated Insect Resistance in Lycopersicon Species... 

We have been involved in mechanistic studies aimed at understanding the basis of glandular trichome-based insect resistance in wild Solarium (potato) and Lycopersicon (tomato) species. Much effort has focused on identification of wild members of the Solanaceae with potentially useful resistance traits for introgression into Solarium tuberosum and Lycopersicon esculentum. In many cases resistance has been shown to be conferred by glandular trichomes, modified epidermal cells (i) which function as physical and/or chemical barriers against insect attack (2-10 > Tingey, this volume). 

Kennedy, G. G, 1986. Consequences of modifying biochemically mediated insect resistance in Lycopersicon species, pp. 

Zhang Y, Stonunel JR (2000) RAPD and AFLP tagging and mapping of Beta (B) and Beta modifier (MoB), two genes which influence beta-carotene accumulation in fruit of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Theor AppI Genet 100 368-375... 

The basic cholesterol skeleton can also be modified by the incorporation of a nitrogen heteroatom as in the steroidal alkaloids. Two examples are abutilosides A and B (66 and 67) isolated from S. abutiloides [68-70], which are closely related to the open-chain steroidal glycosides abutilosides D-G (47-50) [45] discussed above. Glycosteroidalkaloids such as these are particularly abiuidant in the Solanum (Solanaceae) [68-70], Lycopersicon (Solanaceae) [71-73], and Fritillaria (Liliaceae) [74—76]. 

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