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Genomics accelerated isolation of a new stem rust avirulence gene-wheat resistance gene pair.
Nature plants - 1 Sept 2021
Upadhyaya Narayana M, Mago Rohit, Panwar Vinay, Hewitt Tim, Luo Ming, Chen Jian, Sperschneider Jana, Nguyen-Phuc Hoa, Wang Aihua, Ortiz Diana, Hac Luch, Bhatt Dhara, Li Feng, Zhang Jianping, Ayliffe Michael, Figueroa Melania, Kanyuka Kostya, Ellis Jeffrey G, Dodds Peter N
Abstract excerpt
Stem rust caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a devastating disease of the global staple crop wheat. Although this disease was largely controlled in the latter half of the twentieth century, new virulent strains of Pgt, such as Ug99, have recently evolved1,2. These strains have caused notable losses worldwide and their continued spread threatens global wheat production. Breeding for...
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