Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the widely grown vegetables worldwide.
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) is the significant contributory pathogen of …

Sustainable agricultural production is endangered by several ecological factors, such as
drought, extreme temperatures, excessive salts, parasitic ailments, and insect pest …

Tomato is the most economically important fruit/vegetable crop grown worldwide. However,
viral diseases remain an important factor limiting its productivity, with estimated quantitative …

Climate change is a major threat to food security in a world of rising crop demand. Although
increases in crop production have previously been achieved through the use of fertilisers …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can form mutual symbiotic associations with most
terrestrial plants and improve the resistance of host plants against pathogens. However, the …

Advancement in the field of genetics and genomics after the discovery of Mendel's laws of
inheritance has led to map the genes controlling qualitative and quantitative traits in crop …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is one of the most harmful afflictions in the world that
affects tomato growth and production. Six regular antagonistic genes (Ty-1, Ty-2, Ty-3, Ty-4 …

Ralstonia solanacearum is a bacterial vascular pathogen causing devastating bacterial wilt.
In the field, resistance against this pathogen is quantitative and is available for breeders only …

Breeding is the most important and efficient method for crop improvement involving repeated
modification of the genetic makeup of a plant population over many generations. In this …

Lycium species (goji), belonging to Solanaceae, are widely spread in the arid to semiarid
environments of Eurasia, Africa, North and South America, among which most species have …