Western flower thrips (WFT) is one of the most economically important pest insects of many
crops worldwide. Recent EU legislation has caused a dramatic shift in pest management …

Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the major vegetable crops grown worldwide largely
appreciated for its economic importance and nutritional value. This crop belongs to the large …

Soils and their microbiomes are now recognized as key components of plant health, but how
to steer those microbiomes to obtain their beneficial functions is still unknown. Here, we …

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

In the context of plant breeding, bioinformatics can empower genetic and genomic selection
to determine the optimal combination of genotypes that will produce a desired phenotype …

Thrips are major pests of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) worldwide, and they serve as
vectors of devastating orthotospoviruses such as Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and …

Peppers belong to the genus Capsicum of the Solanaceae family and represent plants
producing fruits with variable degrees of pungency (highly pungent to nonpungent). Peppers …

Phytochemicals not only determine the taste and smell of plants and their products, they also
play a crucial role in resistance against pests and pathogens. In previous work, we identified …

Vegetables are usually herbaceous and succulent plants. This succulent nature of vegetable
crops makes them susceptible to attack by a wide variety of pests. Traditionally insect …

Western flower thrips (WFT) are a major pest on many crops, including tomato. Thrips cause
yield losses, not only through feeding damage, but also by the transmission of viruses of …