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The Fruit Pox and Gold Fleck Syndromes of Tomato. Pat Crill, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Agricultural Research & Education Center, Bradenton 33505; D. S. Burgis(2), J. P. Jones(3), and J. W. Strobel(4). (2)(3)Associate Professor of Vegetable Crops, and Professor of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Agricultural Research & Education Center, Bradenton 33505; (4)Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601. Phytopathology 63:1285-1287. Accepted for publication 29 March 1973. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-63-1285.

The disease formerly known as tomato fruit pox was shown to consist of two diseases each with distinct symptom patterns. The two diseases were found to be separate and distinct when studied in the field and laboratory and were named fruit pox and gold fleck. Fruit pox was shown to be controlled by a recessive gene designated (fp) and gold fleck by a dominant gene designated as (Gdf). Maternal effects on expression of both characters were absent and dominance apparently complete.