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A Recent Expansion of the RXLR Effector Gene Avrblb2 Is Maintained in Global Populations of Phytophthora infestans Indicating Different Contributions to Virulence.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Aug 2015
Oliva Ricardo F, Cano Liliana M, Raffaele Sylvain, Win Joe, Bozkurt Tolga O, Belhaj Khaoula, Oh Sang-Keun, Thines Marco, Kamoun Sophien
Abstract excerpt
The introgression of disease resistance (R) genes encoding immunoreceptors with broad-spectrum recognition into cultivated potato appears to be the most promising approach to achieve sustainable management of late blight caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Rpi-blb2 from Solanum bulbocastanum shows great potential for use in agriculture based on preliminary potato disease trials. Rpi-blb2...
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