Genetic and genomic studies provide valuable insight into the inheritance, structure,
organization, and function of genes. The knowledge gained from the analysis of plant genes …

Lettuce (Lactuca spp.) is an annual and self-pollinating crop that belongs to the Asteraceae
(Compositae) family. It is one of the most globally essential commercial vegetable crops …

Current knowledge of wild Lactuca L. species, their taxonomy, biogeography, gene-pools,
germplasm collection quality and quantity, and accession availability is reviewed in this …

Genetic diversity, population structure, and genome-wide marker-trait association analyses
were conducted on a special collection of 298 homozygous lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) lines …

The development of new varieties of horticultural crops benefits from the integration of
conventional and molecular marker-assisted breeding schemes in order to combine …

Lettuce (Lactuca spp.) is a characteristic annual crop of the Asteraceae family (Compositae).
This is one of the most important economical vegetables and is used in salads and …

Marker‐assisted selection (MAS) for disease resistance in lettuce is limited to simply
inherited traits. Assays have been developed to detect genes and alleles for resistance to …

This chapter describes the morphology, chromosome number, DNA content, secondary
metabolites, taxonomy and relation to other Lactuca species, geographical distribution …

Moroccan pepper virus (MPV) and Lettuce necrotic stunt virus (LNSV) have been steadily
increasing in prevalence in central Asia and western North America, respectively, over the …

SM09A and SM09B are F8 romaine breeding lines of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) resistant to
the dieback disease and with good shelf life. SM09B was selected from a cross between …