Tomato is an important vegetable crop for fresh and processed products. In the past
decades, conventional breeding cum marker-assisted selection (MAS) has been deployed …

Media constantly refer of unscrupulous producers that adulterate, alter or replace premium
products in food chains with the goal to maximize illegally profits. Food traceability is a …

We explored genetic variation by sequencing a selection of 84 tomato accessions and
related wild species representative of the Lycopersicon, Arcanum, Eriopersicon and …

The histories of crop domestication and breeding are recorded in genomes. Although tomato
is a model species for plant biology and breeding, the nature of human selection that altered …

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 …

Background Domestication modifies the genomic variation of species. Quantifying this
variation provides insights into the domestication process, facilitates the management of …

Plants and animals detect the presence of potential pathogens through the perception of
conserved microbial patterns by cell surface receptors. Certain solanaceous plants …

It is generally believed that domestication and breeding of plants has led to genetic erosion,
including loss of nutritional value and resistances to diseases, especially in tomato. We …

Increases in fruit weight of cultivated vegetables and fruits accompanied the domestication
of these crops. Here we report on the positional cloning of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) …

Identification of the polymorphisms controlling quantitative traits remains a challenge for
plant geneticists. Multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) populations offer an …