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Genotypic background of the recipient plant is crucial for conferring RB gene mediated late blight resistance in potato.
BMC genetics - 9 Mar 2017
Shandil Rajesh K, Chakrabarti Swarup K, Singh Bir Pal, Sharma Sanjeev, Sundaresha S, Kaushik Surinder K, Bhatt Arvind K, Sharma Nitya Nand
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BACKGROUND: Late blight, caused by oomycetes pathogen Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, is the most devastating potato disease in the world. RB gene from Solanum bulbocastanum has been shown to impart broad spectrum resistance against P. infestans races. In this study Katahdin transgenic event SP951 was used as male parent to cross with the popular Indian potato cultivars viz., Kufri Bahar (KB) and Kufri...
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