Development of new resistant varieties for Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus by the Rural Development Administration

The Rural Development Administration's Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology Planning and Evaluation is attracting attention for developing a new resistant variety against Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV). Recently, due to climate change, the population of whiteflies, which spread TYLCV, has increased rapidly. This has led to the spread of damage in tomato cultivation areas worldwide, including domestically, and especially as mutant viruses emerge, the difficulties for tomato-growing farmers are increasing. The reason the Institute supported the research on "breeding new virus-resistant tomato varieties using digital breeding technology" from 2022 through the "Digital Breeding Technology Conversion Technology Development Project" is due to this situation. The main research institution is DaeNong Seed Co., Ltd. The DaeNong Seed research team, in collaboration with Professor Lee Seok-chan, a virus expert from Sungkyunkwan University, and Professor Park Young-hoon, a ...