The guava root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii (Syn. M. mayaguensis), is an
emerging pathogen to many crops in the world. This nematode can cause chlorosis …

The cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., is the second most consumed vegetable
crop after potato and unquestionably the most popular garden crop in the world. There are …

Improved genotypes developed by plant breeding remain pivotal to global food security. In
the wake of ever-increasing human population, declining agricultural resources and the …

Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Key message The efficiency of phenotype-based assessments of plant variety protection
and registration could be improved by the integration of DNA-based testing. We review the …

Biotic stresses are a potential threat to global food security. The origin of new pathogens and
insect races due to climatic andgenetic factors is a major challenge for plant breeders in …

Plant viruses are the main pathogens which cause significant quality and yield losses in
tomato crops. The important viruses that infect tomatoes worldwide belong to five genera …

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 …

Breeders persistently supply farmers with the best varieties in order to exceed consumer
demand through plant-breeding processes that are resource-intensive. In order to motivate …

Background The major bottle neck in genetic and linkage studies in tomato has been the
lack of a sufficient number of molecular markers. This has radically changed with the …