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Diverse Chromosomal Locations of Quantitative Trait Loci for Tolerance to Maize chlorotic mottle virus in Five Maize Populations.
Phytopathology - 1 Jun 2018
Jones Mark W, Penning Bryan W, Jamann Tiffany M, Glaubitz Jeff C, Romay Cinta, Buckler Edward S, Redinbaugh Margaret G
Abstract excerpt
The recent rapid emergence of maize lethal necrosis (MLN), caused by coinfection of maize with Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and a second virus usually from the family Potyviridae, is causing extensive losses for farmers in East Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. Although the genetic basis of resistance to potyviruses is well understood in maize, little was known about resistance to MCMV. The...
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