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Stable and extreme resistance to common scab of potato obtained through somatic cell selection.
Phytopathology - 1 May 2010
Wilson Calum R, Tegg Robert S, Wilson Annabel J, Luckman Gregory A, Eyles Alieta, Yuan Zi Qing, Hingston Leon H, Conner Anthony J
Abstract excerpt
Somatic cell selection with thaxtomin A as a positive selection agent was used to isolate variants of potato cv. Russet Burbank with strong to extreme resistance to common scab. Glasshouse and field trials identified 51 variants with significantly reduced disease incidence (frequency of infected tubers) and severity (tuber lesion coverage) compared with the parent cultivar. The most promising variants exhibited...
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