ABSTRACT
Genetic resistance to viruses in tomato Moshe Lapidot and Ilan Levin, Institute of Plant Sciences – Volcani Center, ARO, Israel
1 Introduction
2 Case study 1: resistance to TYLCV
3 Case study 2: resistance to tobamoviruses
4 Case study 3: resistance to TSWV
5 Summary and future trends
6 Acknowledgements
7 Where to look for further information
8 References
Plant viruses can drastically abate crop yields as the effects of the disease inflicted by them is getting more severe worldwide. Therefore, plant virus management has always been one of the main objectives of crop cultivation and improvement programmes. Although it is very difficult to give a clear figure on the financial impact of plant viruses in agriculture, the worldwide yield losses that can be ascribed to plant viruses are estimated to be more than $30 billion annually (Sastry, 2014).
