Author(s): J. CHOUDHURY AND P. HAZRA

Abstract: Three wild relatives of Lycopersicon namely, L. pimpinellifolium, L. cheesmanii and L. peruvianum along with five varieties /lines of cultivated tomato belonging to L. esculentum were employed for species characterization of Lycopersicon.. For this purpose, growth characters namely, plant height, leaflet width (cm), leaflet length (cm); flower characters namely number of flower / cluster, sepal length (mm), petal length (mm), style length (mm) anther length (mm); fruit characters namely fruit/cluster, days from anthesis to turning, days from turning to ripening, equatorial length (cm), longitudinal length (cm), pericarp thickness (mm), fruit weight (g), locules/fruit were studied. L. esculentum appeared to have close relation with L. pimpinellifolium compared to L. peruvianum.

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