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Genetic mapping and QTL analysis for peanut smut resistance.
BMC plant biology - 2 Jul 2021
de Blas Francisco J, Bruno Cecilia I, Arias Renee S, Ballén-Taborda Carolina, Mamani Eva, Oddino Claudio, Rosso Melina, Costero Beatriz P, Bressano Marina, Soave Juan H, Soave Sara J, Buteler Mario I, Seijo J Guillermo, Massa Alicia N
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BACKGROUND: Peanut smut is a disease caused by the fungus Thecaphora frezii Carranza & Lindquist to which most commercial cultivars in South America are highly susceptible. It is responsible for severely decreased yield and no effective chemical treatment is available to date. However, smut resistance has been identified in wild Arachis species and further transferred to peanut elite cultivars. To identify the...
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