Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most popular vegetable crops worldwide, owing to its high nutritive value and diversified use. Plant parasitic nematodes are important pests of tomato and cause huge economic losses (Bird and Kaloshian, 2003). India is the second largest tomato growing country having cultivation area of 8.8 lakh ha with production of 18.23 mmt with productivity 20....

Bifunctional nuclease TBN1 from Solanum lycopersicum red tomato belongs to plant nuclease I group. TBN1 is a relatively small glycoprotein and shows considerable activity in cell apoptosis, tissue differentiation and vascular system development. Therefore detailed structural study of this enzyme can lead to new ways of cancer and bacterial disease treatment. Heterologous expression of the enzym...

To create novel tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) germplasm, a wild relative, S. pimpinellifolium (a red-fruited LA1585 accession), was used as the male parent to cross with yellow-fruited mutant, e9292 (S. lycopersicum). Forty-four morphological characteristics were examined in present study; 22 (LA1585) traits and six lycopersicum (e9292) dominant hybrids (first generation, F1); 10 intermediate t...