to fungal foliar diseases like late leaf spot (LLS) and rust. Marker‐assisted backcrossing
(MABC) in TMV 2 using foliar disease‐resistant donor, GPBD 4 and the disease resistance‐
linked markers (GM 2009, GM 2079, GM 2301, GM 1839 and IPAHM 103) resulted in a large
number of backcross populations and also straight cross populations. Foreground selection
followed by field evaluation under disease epiphytotic conditions could identify a few …