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Genetic dissection of partial resistance to race 6 of Venturia inaequalis in apple.
Genome - 1 Apr 2003
Durel C E, Parisi L, Laurens F, Van de Weg W E, Liebhard R, Jourjon M F
Abstract excerpt
Scab, caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis, is one of the most important diseases of apple (Malus x domestica). The major resistance gene, Vf, has been widely used in apple breeding programs, but two new races of the fungus (races 6 and 7) are able to overcome this gene. A mapped F1 progeny derived from a cross between the cultivars Prima and Fiesta has bee n inoculated with two monoconidial strains of race...
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