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Biochemical and molecular insights into anthracnose resistance in chilli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Mangal Manisha, Akhtar Jameel, Srivastava Arpita, Kumar Pardeep, Sagar Sushma, Murugan Theivanai, Khandelwal Purva, Kumari Shilpi, Sharma Vinod Kumar, Rana Jai Chand
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Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a globally important vegetable crop valued for its nutritional, economic, and culinary significance, yet its productivity is severely threatened by the fruit-rot/anthracnose disease complex caused by Colletotrichum spp. (C. capsici, C. gloeosporioides, and C. acutatum). This study investigated the biochemical and molecular defense responses of two resistant genotypes, CH-281...
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