Leaf Curl Disease Resistance Landscaping in Homozygous Ty-Gene Donor Tomato Genotypes Using a Robust Disease Scoring System and Indexing of Begomoviruses Under Natural Epiphytotic Conditions.

Abstract excerpt

Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses cause tomato leaf curl disease (ToLCD). In India, at least 15 begomoviruses are known to cause ToLCD, posing a major challenge to resistance breeding. Although several Ty resistance loci have been introgressed from wild tomato relatives, variable resistance responses are frequently observed, likely due to mixed infections and the absence of a standardized disease scoring system....

Topics

• Begomovirus
• Plant Diseases
• Solanum lycopersicum
• Genotype
• Disease Resistance