Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Dharamraj Kumar, Anjali Rani, Jaswant Prajapati, Sudipta Mahato, Narendra Pratap Verma, Astha Vishwaraj, Suman Kumar and Devesh Sanjay Pardhi

Abstract:
Pests and diseases that affect tomato production have a major impact. Although fungicides and pesticides have helped to manage plant diseases and insects/pests, indiscriminate use of hazardous chemicals pollutes the environment, causes chemical residues in tomatoes to exceed threshold values, and leads to the establishment of novel races/biotypes. Breeding for the production of biotic resistant cultivars is thus a primary goal of vegetable breeders at this point. Basic research into the genetic origins of pest and disease resistance in tomato crops, as well as host-pathogen interactions, has resulted in the production of high-yielding genetically resistant cultivars. Sources of resistance, as well as genetic information, are required for the production of resistant cultivars and pre-breeding ling.