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Open AccessConstruction of a single nucleotide polymorphism marker based QTL map and validation of resistance loci to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum species complex in tomato
Bacterial wilt (BW), caused by Ralstonia solanacearum species complex is one of the major biotic factors limiting tomato production in the humid tropics. Pyramiding of resistance genes through marker-assisted sel...
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Identification of major QTLs associated with stable resistance of tomato cultivar ‘Hawaii 7996’ to Ralstonia solanacearum
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the most devastating diseases of tomato. Tomato cultivar ‘Hawaii 7996’ has been shown to have stable resistance against different strains under different ...
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Ralstonia solanacearum nlpD (RSc1206) contributes to host adaptation
Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne xylem-inhibited pathogen and causes a deadly wilting disease on a wide range of crops. This bacterium can also colonize many weeds and native plants without...
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Development of tomato SSR markers from anchored BAC clones of chromosome 12 and their application for genetic diversity analysis and linkage map**
In this study, we developed a total of 37 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from 11 bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone sequences anchored on chromosome 12 of tomato available at Solanaceae Genomics...
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Development and characterization of tomato SSR markers from genomic sequences of anchored BAC clones on chromosome 6
Simple sequence repeat motifs are abundant in plant genomes and are commonly used molecular markers in plant breeding. In tomato, currently available genetic maps possess a limited number of simple sequence re...
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Detection of race 1 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum in field samples in Taiwan using a BIO-PCR method
Bacterial wilt caused by race 1 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum is endemic on tomato produced in diverse agro-ecosystems in Taiwan. Using a new BIO-PCR protocol developed in this study, R. solanacearum was dete...
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Resistance to Taiwanese race 1 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum in wild tomato germplasm
A total of 252 wild Solanum accessions and one population of 49 introgression lines of LA716 were screened for resistance to a race 1/biovar 4/phylotype I strain Pss186 of Ralstonia solanacearum. Most wild tomato...
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Transgenic tomato plants expressing the Arabidopsis NPR1 gene display enhanced resistance to a spectrum of fungal and bacterial diseases
Development of effective disease-resistance to a broad-range of pathogens in crops usually requires tremendous resources and effort when traditional breeding approaches are taken. Genetic engineering of diseas...
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Characterization and PCR-based Ty** of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria from Peppers and Tomatoes in Serbia
During the last two decades bacterial strains associated with necrotic leaf spots of pepper and tomato fruit spots were collected in Serbia. Twenty-eight strains isolated from pepper and six from tomato were c...
