Dual control of avirulence in Leptosphaeria maculans towards a Brassica napus cultivar with 'sylvestris-derived' resistance suggests involvement of two resistance genes

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-313

  Van De Wouw, A P ^a   Marcroft, S J ^b   Barbetti, M J ^c   Hua, Li ^c   Salisbury, P A ^a,d   Gout, L ^e   Rouxel, T ^e   Howlett, B J ^a   Balesdent, M H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Marcroft Grains Pathology P/L   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Blackleg disease; Canola; Oilseed rape; Phoma stem canker

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; STEM; VIRULENCE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA;

EID: 62349099890     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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