Development of a CAPS marker for the verticillium wilt resistance in tomatoes

The nucleotide sequences of the Verticillium wilt resistance locus of resistant and susceptible tomato genotypes were cloned and analyzed. The nucleotide sequences displaying high degree of homology to the earlier cloned Ve1 and Ve2 genes were detected in the tomato forms susceptible to Verticillium wilt. The polymorphism at this locus between the resistant and susceptible plants was detected and used to elaborate a highly efficient CAPS marker.