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Toughing It Out--Disease-Resistant Potato Mutants Have Enhanced Tuber Skin Defenses.
Phytopathology - 1 May 2016
Thangavel Tamilarasan, Tegg Robert S, Wilson Calum R
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Common scab, a globally important potato disease, is caused by infection of tubers with pathogenic Streptomyces spp. Previously, disease-resistant potato somaclones were obtained through cell selections against the pathogen's toxin, known to be essential for disease. Further testing revealed that these clones had broad-spectrum resistance to diverse tuber-invading pathogens, and that resistance was restricted to...
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