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Understanding and exploiting late blight resistance in the age of effectors.
Annual review of phytopathology - 1 Jan 2011
Vleeshouwers Vivianne G A A, Raffaele Sylvain, Vossen Jack H, Champouret Nicolas, Oliva Ricardo, Segretin Maria E, Rietman Hendrik, Cano Liliana M, Lokossou Anoma, Kessel Geert, Pel Mathieu A, Kamoun Sophien
Abstract excerpt
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's third-largest food crop. It severely suffers from late blight, a devastating disease caused by Phytophthora infestans. This oomycete pathogen secretes host-translocated RXLR effectors that include avirulence (AVR) proteins, which are targeted by resistance (R) proteins from wild Solanum species. Most Solanum R genes appear to have coevolved with P. infestans at its center...
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