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Race nonspecific resistance for potato late blight.
Trends in plant science - 1 Jan 2004
Staples Richard C
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The late blight fungus (Phytophthora infestans) rots susceptible species of potato plants. None of the major varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum) grown in the USA is resistant to US-8, the most prevalent genotype of the fungus. Now, Junqi Song, James Bradeen and colleagues have cloned the RB g...
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