**Meet the editors**

Dr. Seloame Tatu Nyaku's research interests are in hostplant interactions and application of integrated control measures for management of nematode and fungal pathogens on plants, including indigenous crop species. His other areas of expertise include designing Real-Time PCR assays, and analyzing data from multiple sources including complex whole genome, transcriptome, and

population genomics through the use of bioinformatics tools available from numerous public and private sources. His current research focuses on the application of grafting techniques for tomatoes, utilizing nematode-resistant root-stocks, together with imploring useful rhizosphere microorganisms for nematode and fungal control.

Dr. Agyemang Danquah is the Head of Tomato Research at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, and Coordinator of Teaching Programmes and Postgraduate Curriculum Development. His research focus is primarily on using Demand-Led Plant Breeding approaches to develop and deliver improved varieties of tomatoes to Farmers in

Ghana. His current works include developing resistance to tomato yellow leave curl virus, fusarium wilt, extended shelf-life and processing type tomatoes for the local industry.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Tomato Genotypes 3**

**Tomato Plants 17** I Ketut Widnyana

and Edson Perez Guerra

**Programmes in Ghana 49**

Adu-Dapaah

**Section 1 Disease and Pest Management in Tomato Production 1**

Seloame Tatu Nyaku and Naalamle Amissah

Chapter 3 **Tomato Breeding for Insect-Pest Resistance 27**

**Section 2 Breeding Tools and Improvement of Tomato 47**

Chapter 4 **Review on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, L.) Improvement**

Kwadwo Ofori, Eric Danquah and Michael Osei

Chapter 5 **Genotype × Environment Interaction: A Prerequisite for**

**Tomato Variety Development 71**

Leander D. Melomey, Agyemang Danquah, Samuel K. Offei,

Michael Kwabena Osei, Benjamin Annor, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Agyemang Danquah, Eric Danquah, Essie Blay and Hans

Chapter 2 **PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rizobacteria) Benefits in**

Chapter 1 **Grafting: An Effective Strategy for Nematode Management in**

**Spurring Germination, Growth and Increase the Yield of**

André Ricardo Zeist, Alex Antônio da Silva, Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende, Wilson Roberto Maluf, André Gabriel, Daniel Suek Zanin
