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Characterization of host plant resistance to zebra chip disease from species-derived potato genotypes and the identification of new sources of zebra chip resistance.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Rashidi Mahnaz, Novy Richard G, Wallis Christopher M, Rashed Arash
Abstract excerpt
'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' (Lso), an uncultivable phloem-limited phytopathogenic bacteria, is known to be associated with Zebra Chip disease (ZC), which represents a major threat to potato production in the US and elsewhere. This pathogen is transmitted by the phloem-feeding potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Sulc (Hem. Triozidae). Currently, there are no reports of resistance to ZC in cultivated...
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