1Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, (UHS Bagalkot), GKVK Campus, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
2Department of Food Processing and Nutrition, Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura-586 108, Karnataka, India
3Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura-586 108, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author: S.J. Prashanth, Department of Food Processing and Nutrition, Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura-586 108, Karnataka, India, Email: drprashanth.sj@gmail.com
Online Published on 11 July, 2024.
Tomato is a most economic vegetable in India. Covers major area in its cultivation during crop production, it is threatened by major viral disease i.e tomato leaf curl disease, caused by begomovirus and transmitted by the vector. It causes yield loss up to 90-100 per cent, application of insecticide for the control of vector causes regular outbreak. Identification of resistant source from wild species and their introgression with susceptible source, development of lines/varieties, resistant/tolerant to Tomato leaf curl disease is the safest and long term alternative for solving this problem. This paper covers the major aspect related to virus, virus causing factors, vectors and sources of disease resistance and also breeding tools employed for its resistance and some of the barriers in breeding programme.
Genetics and sources of resistance, Screening, Solanum lycopersicum, ToLCV
