Advances in marker-assisted breeding of tomatoes

Advances in marker-assisted breeding of tomatoesTomato is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. This chapter describes the process of marker development and how this can be used to improve tomato breeding. The chapter discusses the techniques of marker assisted selection (MAS) and genomic selection (GS) to identify and exploit specific traits in tomato.

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