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A transposable element insertion in the susceptibility gene CsaMLO8 results in hypocotyl resistance to powdery mildew in cucumber.
BMC plant biology - 9 Oct 2015
Berg Jeroen A, Appiano Michela, Santillán Martínez Miguel, Hermans Freddy W K, Vriezen Wim H, Visser Richard G F, Bai Yuling, Schouten Henk J
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BACKGROUND: Powdery mildew (PM) is an important disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). CsaMLO8 was previously identified as a candidate susceptibility gene for PM in cucumber, for two reasons: 1) This gene clusters phylogenetically in clade V, which has previously been shown to harbour all known MLO-like susceptibility genes for PM identified in dicot species; 2) This gene co-localizes with a QTL on chromosome...
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