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Discovery and introgression of the wild sunflower-derived novel downy mildew resistance gene Pl 19 in confection sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Z W, Ma G J, Zhao J, Markell S G, Qi L L
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KEY MESSAGE: A new downy mildew resistance gene, Pl 19 , was identified from wild Helianthus annuus accession PI 435414, introduced to confection sunflower, and genetically mapped to linkage group 4 of the sunflower genome. Wild Helianthus annuus accession PI 435414 exhibited resistance to downy mildew, which is one of the most destructive diseases to sunflower production globally. Evaluation of the 140 BC1F2:3...
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