Article
Analysis of the lineage of Phytophthora infestans isolates using mating type assay, traditional markers, and next generation sequencing technologies.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Arafa Ramadan A, Kamel Said M, Rakha Mohamed T, Soliman Nour Elden K, Moussa Olfat M, Shirasawa Kenta
Abstract excerpt
Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, a hemibiotrophic oomycete, has caused severe epidemics of late blight in tomato and potato crops around the world since the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s. Breeding of late blight resistant cultivars is one of the most effective strategies to overcome this disruptive disease. However, P. infestans is able to break down host resistance and acquire resistance to various...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
