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Genomic and Transcriptomic Resources for Marker Development in Synchytrium endobioticum, an Elusive but Severe Potato Pathogen.
Phytopathology - 1 Mar 2017
Busse Friederike, Bartkiewicz Annette, Terefe-Ayana Diro, Niepold Frank, Schleusner Yvonne, Flath Kerstin, Sommerfeldt-Impe Nicole, Lübeck Jens, Strahwald Josef, Tacke Eckhard, Hofferbert Hans-Reinhard, Linde Marcus, Przetakiewicz Jarosław, Debener Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Synchytrium endobioticum is an obligate biotrophic fungus that causes wart diseases in potato. Like other species of the class Chytridiomycetes, it does not form mycelia and its zoospores are small, approximately 3 μm in diameter, which complicates the detection of early stages of infection. Furthermore, potato wart disease is difficult to control because belowground organs are infected and resting spores of the...
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