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Screening of Wild Potatoes Identifies New Sources of Late Blight Resistance.
Plant disease - 1 Feb 2021
Karki Hari S, Jansky Shelly H, Halterman Dennis A
Abstract excerpt
Late blight (LB) of potato is considered one of the most devastating plant diseases in the world. Most cultivated potatoes are susceptible to this disease. However, wild relatives of potatoes are an excellent source of LB resistance. We screened 384 accessions of 72 different wild potato species available from the U.S. Potato GeneBank against the LB pathogen Phytophthora infestans in a detached leaf assay (DLA)....
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