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Research Progress in Tomato Resistance to Bemisia tabaci |
GUO Guang-jun, GAO Jian-chang, WANG Xiao-xuan, GUO Yan-mei, DU Yong-chen* |
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China |
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Abstract Cultivated tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)is an important vegetable crop in China. Bemisia tabaci is a cosmopolitan pest which is considered as a complex species comprising a large number of biotypes. The cultivated tomato is not resistant to Bemisia tabaci, but some wild tomato species are resistant to this injurious insect. The recent research progress made in tomato germplasm resources resistant to Bemisia tabaci and the genetic basis of this resistance mechanism are summarized in this paper. The paper also puts forward the emphasis for future research.
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Received: 07 April 2010
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Corresponding Authors:
DU Yong-chen
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