Back into the wild—Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement

H Zhang, N Mittal, LJ Leamy, O Barazani… - Evolutionary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental
stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural …

Clusters of resistance genes in plants evolve by divergent selection and a birth-and-death process

RW Michelmore, BC Meyers - Genome research, 1998 - genome.cshlp.org
Classical genetic and molecular data show that genes determining disease resistance in
plants are frequently clustered in the genome. Genes for resistance (R genes) to diverse …

Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method for the simultaneous discovery and transfer of valuable QTLs from unadapted germplasm into elite breeding lines

SD Tanksley, JC Nelson - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 1996 - Springer
Advanced backcross QTL analysis is proposed as a method of combining QTL analysis with
variety development. It is tailored for the discovery and transfer of valuable QTL alleles from …

The Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Resistance Genes Ty-1 and Ty-3 Are Allelic and Code for DFDGD-Class RNA–Dependent RNA Polymerases

MG Verlaan, SF Hutton, RM Ibrahem, R Kormelink… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease incited by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)
causes huge losses in tomato production worldwide and is caused by different related …

Introgressiomics: a new approach for using crop wild relatives in breeding for adaptation to climate change

J Prohens, P Gramazio, M Plazas, H Dempewolf… - Euphytica, 2017 - Springer
The need to boost agricultural production in the coming decades in a climate change
scenario requires new approaches for the development of new crop varieties that are more …

Genome map** and molecular breeding of tomato

MR Foolad - International journal of plant genomics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, is the second most consumed vegetable
worldwide and a well‐studied crop species in terms of genetics, genomics, and breeding. It …

Emerging viral diseases of tomato crops

IM Hanssen, M Lapidot… - Molecular plant-microbe …, 2010 - Am Phytopath Society
Viral diseases are an important limiting factor in many crop production systems. Because
antiviral products are not available, control strategies rely on genetic resistance or hygienic …

QTL map** and quantitative disease resistance in plants

ND Young - Annual review of phytopathology, 1996 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Quantitative trait locus (QTL) map** is a highly effective approach for studying
genetically complex forms of plant disease resistance. With QTL map**, the roles of …

DNA markers in plant improvement: an overview

LS Kumar - Biotechnology advances, 1999 - Elsevier
The progress made in DNA marker technology has been tremendous and exciting. DNA
markers have provided valuable tools in various analyses ranging from phylogenetic …

Viral diseases causing the greatest economic losses to the tomato crop. II. The Tomato yellow leaf curl virus—A review

B Picó, MJ Díez, F Nuez - Scientia Horticulturae, 1996 - Elsevier
Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus (TYLCV), transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
(Gennadius) is one of the most devastating diseases of cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon …