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Virus-induced gene silencing suggests (1,3;1,4)-β-glucanase is a susceptibility factor in the compatible russian wheat aphid-wheat interaction.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2014
Anderson Victoria A, Haley Scott D, Peairs Frank B, van Eck Leon, Leach Jan E, Lapitan Nora L V
Abstract excerpt
The Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov), is a significant insect pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and has a major economic impact worldwide, especially on winter wheat in the western United States. The continuing emergence of new RWA biotypes virulent to existing resistance genes reinforces the need for more durable resistance. Studies have indicated that resistance in previously...
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