An increase of abiotic stress tolerance and nutritive value of foods is currently a priority
because of climate change and rising world population. Among abiotic stresses, salt stress …

The Mediterranean diet (MD) concept as currently known describes the dietary patterns that
were followed in specific regions of the area in the 1950s and 1960s. The broad recognition …

Some physiological, oxidative, and antioxidant enzymatic patterns were assessed in plants
of three local Sicilian landraces of long shelf-life tomatoes ('Custonaci','Salina', and …

Double digest restriction-site associated sequencing (ddRAD-seq) is a flexible and cost-
effective strategy for providing in-depth insights into the genetic architecture of germplasm …

Field high-throughput phenotyping (HTPP) studies are highly needed to study water use
efficiency (WUE), stress tolerance capacities, yield and quality in tomato to improve crop …

In this study we investigated the transcriptome and epigenome dynamics of the tomato fruit
during post-harvest in a landrace belonging to a group of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum …

Due to novel and more demanding consumers' requirements, breeding of vegetable crops
confronts new challenges to improve the nutritional level and overall appearance of …

Landraces are valuable sources of genetic characteristics, which are of plant breeders'
interest to include in breeding programs for crop improvement. We assess the inter-and intra …

Abstract 'Corbarino'(COR) and 'Lucariello'(LUC) belong to the family of Mediterranean long
shelf-life tomato landraces, producing high quality fruits under low water input cultivation …

The Mediterranean basin countries are considered secondary centres of tomato
diversification. However, information on phenotypic and allelic variation of local tomato …