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mlo-Based Resistance: An Apparently Universal "Weapon" to Defeat Powdery Mildew Disease.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Mar 2017
Kusch Stefan, Panstruga Ralph
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Loss-of-function mutations of one or more of the appropriate Mildew resistance locus o (Mlo) genes are an apparently reliable "weapon" to protect plants from infection by powdery mildew fungi, as they confer durable broad-spectrum resistance. Originally detected as a natural mutation in an Ethiopian barley landrace, this so-called mlo-based resistance has been successfully employed in European barley agriculture...
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