which showed Meyer 311(GenBank ID JQ638805) to be a 100% match to
S. viarum accession AY561275 used in the Solanum
phylogenetic study by Levin et al.(2006).14Two fruit from each plant of Meyer accession 311 were harvested at the mature unripe stage, i.e., full size but mottled green
and white in color rather than yellow. The four fruit were pooled as asingle sample, frozen in liquid N2, and stored at−80°C. The frozen tissue was lyophilized and powdered with a mortar and pestle prior to extraction