In this review, we examine the plant group Solanum sect. Lycopersicon–a clade of 13
species, including the domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and its wild relatives …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the world's most important vegetable crops.
Managing the health of this crop can be particularly challenging; crop resistance may be …

Wild crop relatives have been playing enormously important roles both in the depiction of
plant genomes and the genetic improvement of their cultivated counterparts. They have …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Plants respond to bacterial pathogen attack by activating various defence responses, which
are associated with the accumulation of several factors like defence‐related enzymes and …

Botanicals have been in use for a long time for pest control. A product of species
coevolution, these compounds offer many environmental advantages. However, their uses …

Molecular markers linked to phenotypically important traits are of great interest especially
when traits are difficult and/or costly to be observed. In tomato where a strong focus on …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

One hundred sixty-one EST-SNP markers were newly developed for analysis of QTLs for
resistance to black rot caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris by determining …

Plant viruses cause severe crop losses worldwide. Conventional control strategies, such as
cultural methods and biocide applications against arthropod, nematode, and …