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Identification of sources of resistance in Lycopersicon species to Tomato leaf curl geminivirus (ToLCV) by agroinoculation

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A total of 90 genotypes of Lycopersicon species were tested forresistance to the Tomato leaf curlgeminivirus (ToLCV) by agroinoculation andthe vector whitefly (Bemisia tabaciGenn.) inoculation techniques underinsect-proof glasshouse conditions. Therate of infection in the inoculated plantswas determined by detection of the viralDNA in individual plants by the nucleicacid spot hybridization (NASH). Of the 38cultivars and 11 breeding lines of L.esculentum Mill. tested, none was highlyresistant or resistant while three andseven were moderately resistant whenexposed to the cloned virus DNAs byagroinoculation and whitefly inoculationrespectively. On the other hand, among the38 commercial cultivars screened, 16(42.1%) were highly susceptible in vectorinoculations and 31 (81.6%) inagroinoculation. Among the exoticcollection (EC) accessions six were highlyresistant, eleven resistant to whiteflyinoculation and none was highly susceptiblein either of the two tests, indicating thepresence of resistance among the ECaccessions. A higher degree of resistancewas observed in other species of Lycopersicon. While only one accession ofL. cheesmanii Riley was tested, itcould not be infected by either of the twomethods. L. pimpinellifolium (Jusl.)Mill. genotype EC 251580 was similarlyresistant. In L. peruvianum (L.)Mill., five EC accessions could not beinfected by whitefly inoculation, withthree of these being resistant and twomoderately resistant in agroinoculation.This study demonstrates the importance ofthe agroinoculation technique in the virusresistance screening programs andidentifies several good sources ofresistance to the Tomato leaf curlvirus in Lycopersicon species.

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Tripathi, S., Varma, A. Identification of sources of resistance in Lycopersicon species to Tomato leaf curl geminivirus (ToLCV) by agroinoculation. Euphytica 129, 43–52 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021582417062

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