Assessment of advance breeding lines of cherry tomato for reproductive, fruit quality and disease severity attributes could provide insight into the underlying biology of the source of desirable alleles for breeding for open field production. The study was undertaken to evaluate 14 newly developed breeding lines from India to utilize useful genes in cherry tomato breeding, and to assess genetic variability and character associationship among 19 quantitative characters to identify important selection indices, and genetic divergence to identify potential donor(s) for breeding cherry tomato especially under open field condition. Genotypes Cherry Round Yellow and 16/ToCVAR-1 appeared the most promising and could commercially be exploited as open field varieties in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, after critical testing. | Assessment of breeding potential of cherry tomato Solanum lycopersicum var. Cerasiforme Dunnal A. Gray grown under open field to identify desirable alleles
