Imported from the Andean region to Europe in the 16th century, today tomato is widespread
throughout the world and represents the most economically important vegetable crop …

Background It has been shown that a large variation is present and exploitable from wild
Solanum species but most of it is still untapped. Considering the thousands of Solanum …

Effective utilization of wild relatives is key to overcoming challenges in genetic improvement
of cultivated tomato, which has a narrow genetic basis; however, current efforts to decipher …

Speciation events often occur in rapid bursts of diversification, but the ecological and genetic
factors that promote these radiations are still much debated. Using whole transcriptomes …

We explored genetic variation by sequencing a selection of 84 tomato accessions and
related wild species representative of the Lycopersicon, Arcanum, Eriopersicon and …

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 …

Abstract Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae) includes the cultivated tomato (S.
lycopersicum) and 12 additional wild relatives, endemic to western South America from …

Alternaria solani causes diseases on foliage (early blight), basal stems of seedlings (collar
rot), stems of adult plants (stem lesions), and fruits (fruit rot) of tomato. Early blight is the most …

Tomatoes rank fourth among the leading world vegetables. In 2001, over 100 million metric
tons were produced, with the 15 leading countries being (in descending order) China, US …

A novel member of the AP2/ERF transcription factor family, SlERF5, was identified from a
tomato mature leaf cDNA library screen. The complete DNA sequence of SlERF5 encodes a …