Article
Transformation of the potato variety Desiree with single or multiple resistance genes increases resistance to late blight under field conditions
2015-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, remains the most devastating disease in potato resulting in economic costs that sum up 5.2 billion euros, globally. The use of resistant varieties is a powerful, viable and environmentally friendly alternative or supplement for the current, commonly deployed chemical control strategies. In this study, we set out to improve the susceptible potato variety Desiree by tra...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 026d32ec-e0f1-5758-b966-84985adb1976
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.07.018
