Paul Johan Diergaarde

TL;DR: Analysis of mutagen-induced recessive alleles of the barley Mlo locus revealed mutations leading in each case to alterations of the deduced Mlo wild-type amino acid sequence, compatible with a dual negative control function of the Mlo protein in leaf cell death and in the onset of pathogen defense.

TL;DR: The I2 locus in tomato confers resistance to race 2 of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f sp lycopersici, and alignment between the various members of the I2 gene family revealed two significant variable regions within the leucine-rich repeat region.

TL;DR: Mi-1, a Lycopersicon peruvianum gene conferring resistance to the agricultural pests, root-knot nematodes, and introgressed into tomato, has been cloned using a selective restriction fragment amplification based strategy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated repellent properties of plant-produced semiochemicals, collected from naturally repellents wild tomato accessions, influenced Bemisia tabaci initial choice behavior, indicating a role for plant semi-ochemicals in locating host plants.

TL;DR: Introducing this sesquiterpene biosynthetic pathway into cultivated tomatoes resulted in improved herbivore resistance and gained resistance to several herbivores that are pests of tomato.