My doctoral thesis aimed to identify and characterize the molecular sources of genetic resistance to Sunflower Verticillium Wilt (SVW) caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae, through the combination of two QTL mapping approaches, Linkage Mapping and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS). This project rendered consistent results identifying associated chromosomic regions. Nowadays I am working for publishing these results, while validating them on other genetic BGs