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Theme ‘Market Developments’
Making salads more exciting!
M. Hale
Challenging new concepts and strategies for organic plant breeding and propagation
E.T. Lammerts van Bueren
Theme ‘Resistance Breeding’
Host and non-host resistance against Phytophthora infestans, the causal organism of late blight of potatoes and tomatoes
L.J. Turkensteen and W.G. Flier
Breeding for resistance to diseases in lettuce: successes and challenges
E.J. Ryder, R.C. Grube, K.V. Subbarao and S.T. Koike
Progress towards QTL mapping of pest and disease resistance in lettuce
P. Hand, N. Kift, S. McClement, J.R. Lynn, R.Grube, J. Schut, A.J.M van der Arend and D.A. Pink
Breeding for resistance to new and emerging lettuce diseases in California
R.C. Grube, E.J. Ryder, S.T. Koike, J.D. McCreight, and W. Wintermantel
Screening and breeding for resistance to leafminer (Liriomyza langei) in lettuce and spinach
Beiquan Mou and E.J. Ryder
Update on downy mildew and white rust on spinach in the United States
J.C. Correll, B.M. Irish, S.T. Koike, J. Schafer and T.E. Morelock
Cellular mechanisms involved in the expression of specificity in Lactuca spp.-Bremia lactucae interactions
A. Lebeda and M. Sedlarova
Lactuca virosa, a source of disease resistance genes for lettuce breeding: results and difficulties for gene introgression
B. Maisonneuve
Future perspectives of Backcross Inbred Lines for exploitation of wild germplasm: a case study on Lactuca saligna as a donor for quantitative resistance to lettuce downy mildew
M.J.W. Jeuken and P. Lindhout
The possibility of Nasonovia ribisnigri resistance breaking biotype development due to plant host resistance: a literature study
A.J.M. van der Arend
Theme ‘Genetic Resources and Diversity’
Breeding and cultivar identification of Cichorium intybus L. var. foliosum Hegi
M. de Proft, N. van Stallen and N. Veerle
Genetic diversity in lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta L.) determined by AFLP markers
J. Muminovic, A.E. Melchinger and Th. Lübberstedt
Molecular characterisation of a lettuce germplasm collection
Th.J.L. van Hintum
Relationships among radicchio (Cichorium intybus L.) types grown in Veneto and diversity between local varieties and selected lines as assessed by molecular markers
G. Barcaccia, M. Lucchin, R. Lazzarin and P. Parrini
An EU project on gene flow analysis between crop and wild forms of lettuce and chicory in the context of GMO biosafety: first results in lettuce
C. van de Wiel, C.G. van der Linden, J. den Nijs, A. Flavell, N. Syed, R. Jorgensen, F. Felber, I. Scotti, J. Rouppe van der Voort and J.D. Peleman
Theme ‘Biotechnology’
Marker-assisted introgression: speed at any cost?
P. Stam
The challenges in Marker Assisted Breeding
J.D. Peleman and J. Rouppe van der Voort
ESTs and candidate gene approaches in the Compositae Genome Project
R.W. Michelmore, A. Kozik, M.J. Truco, M. Matviencho, O. Ochoa, M. van Damme, D. Lavelle, Hong Lin, B. Pande, L. McHale, P. Sudarshana, J. Argyris, P. Ellison, K. Bradford, L. Jackson and R. Kesseli
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) expressing the Lol1 protein exhibits inhibition of ice recrystallisation
F.M.K. Williams, M.R. Davey, J.B. Power and C. Sidebottom
Molecular characterization of mo1, a recessive gene associated with Lettuce mosaic potyvirus resistance in lettuce
V. Nicaise, S. German-Retana, R. Sanjuán, M.-P. Dubrana, M. Mazier, B. Maisonneuve, T. Candresse, C. Caranta and O. le Gall