Being rooted in place, plants are faced with the challenge of responding to unfavourable
local conditions. One such condition, heat stress, contributes massively to crop losses …

Speciation events often occur in rapid bursts of diversification, but the ecological and genetic
factors that promote these radiations are still much debated. Using whole transcriptomes …

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

Anthocyanins are a large group of water-soluble flavonoid pigments. These specialized
metabolites are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom and play an essential role not only in plant …

Tomato, ranking 1st in the world for vegetables, accounts for 14% of world vegetable
production (over 100 million metric tons/year $1.6 billion market;(Food and Agriculture …

The cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., is a member of the small section
Lycopersicon along with its 12 wild relatives. An additional four species from sections …

Background One of the goals of genomics is to identify the genetic loci responsible for
variation in phenotypic traits. The completion of the tomato genome sequence and recent …

Single primer enrichment technology (SPET) is a new, robust, and customizable solution for
targeted genoty**. Unlike genoty** by sequencing (GBS), and like DNA chips, SPET is …

Over the last fifty years there has been a continual reduction in horticultural and agricultural
biodiversity of nutritionally important plants, including those of the Solanaceae family. To …

Abiotic and biotic stress factors are the major constrains for the realization of crop yield
potential. As climate change progresses, the spread and intensity of abiotic as well as biotic …