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Not AvailableIn this study, a core collection of 94 genotypes of Solanum pimpinellifolium was subjected to phenotypic evaluation with and without artificial imposition of salt stress. Association analysis was conducted to identify variations linked to salt tolerance traits in four candidate genes viz., DREB1, VP1.1, NHX1, and TIP. The candidate gene analysis covered a concatenated length of 4594 bp per individual and identified nine SNP/Indels in DREB1, VP1.1 and NHX1 genes explaining >10% phenotypic variation for various salt tolerance traits. Favourable alleles / haplotypes of these candidate genes and germplasm accessions that carry them were identified. Out of these nine loci, one locus at 297 bp in DREB1 had a non-synonymous variation resulting in two favourable alleles, viz. SpDREB1_297_6 and SpDREB1_297_12. These alleles individually or as haplotypes accounted for maximum phenotypic variance of about 27.5% for various salt tolerance traits. Design of markers for selection of the favourable alleles/haplotypes will hasten marker-assisted introgression of salt tolerance from S. pimpinellifolium into cultivated tomato.Not Availabl