Development
of Tomatoes with Combined Resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
(TYLCV) using both Virus-Derived Resistance and Molecular Marker-Assisted
Breeding
This project will:
(I) Evaluate several experimental breeding lines for
resistance to TYLCV and TYLCSarV in Middle Eastern countries.
(II) Develop hybrids for local production with resistance
to begomoviruses.
(III) Develop methods for tagging the resistance genes.
(IV) Apply marker-assisted breeding methods for cultivar
development.
(V) Combine rDNA strategies with traditional sources
of resistance.
Project
duration:
November 2001 to September 2006
First
Meeting of Project Contributors in Paphos, Cyprus, February 9-16, 2002.
Countries Represented: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Palestine,
Guatemala, and USA
Project
coordinator: Dr. Hanokh Czosnek, Professor, Department of Field
and Vegetable Crops, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Phone: 972-8-9489249; FAX: 972-8-9468265;
E-mail: czosnek@agri.huji.ac.il
E-mail: czosnek@agri.huji.ac.il
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