TOMATOES HAVING ALTERED ACID INVERTASE ACTIVITY DUE TO NON-TRANSGENIC ALTERATIONS IN ACID INVERTASE GENES

摘要

A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found in acid invertase genes of tomatoes; tomato plants having these mutations in their acid invertase genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations in acid invertase genes by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the present invention exhibit altered acid invertase enzyme activity and altered concentrations of sugar in the tomato fruit without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.