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Generation of a ToxA knockout strain of the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Dec 2014
Moffat Caroline S, See Pao Theen, Oliver Richard P
Abstract excerpt
The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis causes tan spot, a major disease of wheat, throughout the world. The proteinaceous effector ToxA is responsible for foliar necrosis on ToxA-sensitive wheat genotypes. The single copy ToxA gene was deleted from a wild-type race 1 P. tri...
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