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Resistance to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus accumulation in the tomato wild relative Solanum habrochaites associated with the C4 viral protein.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jul 2011
Tomás Diego M, Cañizares M Carmen, Abad Jesús, Fernández-Muñoz Rafael, Moriones Enrique
Abstract excerpt
Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is a severe threat to tomato crops worldwide and is caused by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and several other begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae). Host plant resistance is the best TYLCD control method but limited sources of resistance are available. In this study, two Solanum habrochaites TYLCD-resistance sources, EELM-388 and EELM-889, were...
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