Expression of genes in red fruit of Andean tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Solanum pimpinellifolium

In this study, we explored the metabolome and transcriptome of the ripe fruit in nine landrace accessions representing the seven genetic groups and compared them to the mature fruit of the wild progenitor S. pimpinellifolium. The goal is to shed light in understanding the factors responsible for acquiring tomato fruit quality (taste and flavour) at molecular level during the domestication process. The tomato cultivars analysed were 10 (in triplicate, that is 30 samples in total), 9 were local varieties (accessions numbers 549, 557, 560, 571, 572, 3806, 3815, 3836 and 3842) and one was S. pimpinellifolium (accession number LA1589).