Fitness cost of virulence differs between the AvrLm1 and AvrLm4 loci in Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape)

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-291

  Huang, Yong Ju ^a   Balesdent, Marie Hélène ^b   Li, Zi Qin ^a,c   Evans, Neal ^a   Rouxel, Thierry ^b   Fitt, Bruce D L ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Blackleg; Brassica napus (canola); Durable host resistance; Genotype environment interactions; Pathogen fitness; R gene mediated resistance

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 77949773061     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9539-7     Document Type: Article

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