Early blight (EB) is one of the dreadful diseases of tomato caused by several species of
Alternaria including Alternaria linariae (which includes A. solani and A. tomatophila), as well …

Fruits represent an important part of the human diet and show extensive variation in size and
shape between and within cultivated species. The genetic basis of such variation has been …

Tomato flavor has changed over the course of long-term domestication and intensive
breeding. To understand the genetic control of flavor, we report the meta-analysis of genome …

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

The concurrent development of high-throughput genotyping platforms and next generation
sequencing (NGS) has increased the number and density of genetic markers, the efficiency …

Genome-wide association studies have been successful in identifying genes involved in
polygenic traits and are valuable for crop improvement. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a …

Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, is divided into two widely distributed varieties: the cultivated
S. lycopersicum var. lycopersicum, and the weedy S. lycopersicum var. cerasiforme …

Abstract Key message A 20K SNP array was developed and a comprehensive set of
tetraploid cultivar was genotyped. This allowed us to identify footprints of the breeding …

The effects of selection on genome variation were investigated and visualized in tomato
using a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. 7,720 SNPs were …

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