摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to novel pepper plants resistant to insects , and to seeds and fruits of said plants. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such plants and their fruits. The invention further relates to markers and the use thereof in marker assisted breeding a nd for identifying the insect resistance trait. In particular, the present i nvention provides a cultivated Capsicum annuum plant which is resistant, par ticularly intermediately resistant, to infestations by insects of the the fa mily Thripidae and/or the genus Bemisia, but especially to infestations by B emisia tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis.</p> |