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Introgression of the RppQ gene from field corn improves southern rust resistance in sweet corn
2022-05-31
Abstract excerpt
Southern rust, one of the most destructive foliar diseases of sweet corn ( Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa ), is caused by Puccinia polysora Underw. and leads to enormous yield losses and reduced quality of sweet corn in China. Utilization of resistance genes is an effective and environmentally friendly strategy for improving southern rust resistance of sweet corn. However, improvement is hampered by a lac...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8b42cfe2-304b-5de4-919f-4ca335220178
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1599029/v1
