Co-Authors:
Pilowsky, M., Department of Plant Genetics, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50 250, Israel
Cohen, S., Department of Plant Genetics, Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50 250, Israel
Abstract:
Plants of 25 wild Lycopersicon accessions were screened in the greenhouse for resistance to the whitefly-borne tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). High levels of resistance were detected in 7 of 9 accessions of L. peruvianum and in all 5 accessions of L. chilense tested. In contrast, plants of 7 accessions of L. hirsutum and 3 of 4 accessions of L. pimpinellifolium were highly susceptible. Plants of accession CIAS 27 (L. pimpinellifolium) showed moderate resistance to TYLCV.