Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), which is used for both processing and fresh markets, is a
major crop species that is the top ranked vegetable produced over the world. Tomato is also …

Background One of the key goals of fruit biology is to understand the factors that influence
fruit growth and quality, ultimately with a view to manipulating them for improvement of fruit …

Site-directed nucleases (SDNs) used for targeted genome editing are powerful new tools to
introduce precise genetic changes into plants. Like traditional approaches, such as …

Abstract Knowledge regarding genetic diversity and population structure of breeding
materials is essential for crop improvement. The Texas A&M University Potato Breeding …

Meiotic recombination is a biological process of key importance in breeding, to generate
genetic diversity and develop novel or agronomically relevant haplotypes. In crop tomato …

The olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea) is one of the oldest and most socio‐
economically important cultivated perennial crop in the Mediterranean region. Yet, its origins …

A decade ago, a landmark edited collection of essays made official the ongoing quest for an
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES), beyond the classic Modern Synthesis that took …

Fruit flavor is defined as the perception of the food by the olfactory and gustatory systems,
and is one of the main determinants of fruit quality. Tomato flavor is largely determined by …

The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE)
conserves and distributes five vegetable collections as seeds: the aubergine*(in this article …

Tomato is one of the most popular vegetable crops. However, over time, the species has
suffered a strong genetic diversity reduction and domestication bottlenecking. This growing …