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What natural variation can teach us about resistance durability.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Aug 2020
Karasov Talia L, Shirsekar Gautam, Schwab Rebecca, Weigel Detlef
Abstract excerpt
Breeding a crop variety to be resistant to a pathogen usually takes years. This is problematic because pathogens, with short generation times and fluid genomes, adapt quickly to overcome resistance. The triumph of the pathogen is not inevitable, however, as there are numerous examples of durable resistance, particularly in wild plants. Which factors then contribute to such resistance stability over millennia? We...
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