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Aphid resistance in Medicago truncatula involves antixenosis and phloem-specific, inducible antibiosis, and maps to a single locus flanked by NBS-LRR resistance gene analogs.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2005
Klingler John, Creasy Robert, Gao Lingling, Nair Ramakrishnan M, Calix Alonso Suazo, Jacob Helen Spafford, Edwards Owain R, Singh Karam B
Abstract excerpt
Aphids and related insects feed from a single cell type in plants: the phloem sieve element. Genetic resistance to Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji (bluegreen aphid or blue alfalfa aphid) has been identified in Medicago truncatula Gaert. (barrel medic) and backcrossed into susceptible cultivars. The status of M. truncatula as a model legume allows an in-depth study of defense against this aphid at physiological,...
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