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Rewiring mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade by positive feedback confers potato blight resistance.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2006
Yamamizo Chihiro, Kuchimura Kazuo, Kobayashi Akira, Katou Shinpei, Kawakita Kazuhito, Jones Jonathan D G, Doke Noriyuki, Yoshioka Hirofumi
Abstract excerpt
Late blight, caused by the notorious pathogen Phytophthora infestans, is a devastating disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and during the 1840s caused the Irish potato famine and over one million fatalities. Currently, grown potato cultivars lack adequate blight tolerance. Earlier cultivars bred for resistance used disease resistance genes that confer immunity only to some...
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