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 …

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) DNA fingerprinting is a firmly established
molecular marker technique, with broad applications in population genetics, shallow …

The availability of suitable genetic markers is essential to efficiently select and breed apple
varieties of high quality and with multiple disease resistances. Microsatellites (simple …

Background Recombinant inbred (RI) strains are an important resource for mapping
complex traits in many species. While large RI panels are available for Arabidopsis, maize …

In the wild tomato Solanum habrochaites, the Sst2 locus on chromosome 8 is responsible for
the biosynthesis of several class II sesquiterpene olefins by glandular trichomes. Analysis of …

The tomato is an excellent model for studies of plants bearing berry-type fruits and for
experimental studies of the Solanaceae family of plants due to its conserved genetic …

Wild crop relatives have been playing enormously important roles both in the depiction of
plant genomes and the genetic improvement of their cultivated counterparts. They have …

The organoleptic quality of tomato fruit involves a set of attributes (flavour, aroma, texture)
that can be evaluated either by sensory analyses or by instrumental measures. In order to …

Improving organoleptic quality is an important but complex goal for fresh market tomato
breeders. A total of 26 traits involved in organoleptic quality variation were evaluated, in …

The continued importance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) as a vegetable and
salad commodity is reflected by the large volume of research on virtually all aspects of the …