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A major quantitative trait locus conferring adult plant partial resistance to crown rust in oat.
BMC plant biology - 27 Sept 2014
Lin Yang, Gnanesh Belaghihalli N, Chong James, Chen Gang, Beattie Aaron D, Mitchell Fetch Jennifer W, Kutcher H Randy, Eckstein Peter E, Menzies Jim G, Jackson Eric W, McCartney Curt A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Crown rust, caused by Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, is the most important disease of oat worldwide. Adult plant resistance (APR), based upon partial resistance, has proven to be a durable rust management strategy in other cereal rust pathosystems. The crown rust APR in the oat line MN841801 has been effective for more than 30 years. The genetic basis of this APR was studied under field conditions...
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