Tomato curl stunt virus management strategies for all year round tomato production in Mozambique
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Tomato is the most popular vegetable in the home garden all
over the World as well as in Mozambique. Tomato production
in Mozambique has been recently affected by Tomato curl
stunt virus (ToCSV) disease, a devastating viral disease that is
causing yield losses of up to 100%. The present study is a
follow up of previous studies and will include on-station and
on farm trials to evaluate the response of new lines and
varieties to ToCSV in different agro ecological environments
and seasons (all year around production) in Mozambique. Due
to the lack of local germplasm, the lines that will be tested will
come from countries where they have already been tested for
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) resistance, a viral
disease that cause similar symptoms on tomatoes and is likely
to share many biological properties with ToCSV. In the
screening as well as in the epidemiological studies, molecular
tools and techniques will be used. At least five promising resistant
varieties under Mozambican conditions will be identified at the
end of the project for possible release. Surveys in tomato
production areas that have not been yet surveyed will also be included. The project will allow training of two MSc students
and it will be a collaborative effort involving two institutions,
Eduardo Mondlane University and IIAM (Instituto Investigação
Agrária de Moçambique).
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