An ancient R gene from the wild potato species Solanum bulbocastanum confers broad-spectrum resistance to Phytophthora infestans in cultivated potato and tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 867-882

  Van Der Vossen, Edwin ^a   Sikkema, Anne ^b   Te Lintel Hekkert, Bas ^a   Gros, Jack ^b   Stevens, Patricia ^b   Muskens, Marielle ^b   Wouters, Doret ^a   Pereira, Andy ^a   Stiekema, Willem ^a,c   Allefs, Sjefke ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agrico Research   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Phytophthora infestans; Potato; Rpi blb1; Solanum bulbocastanum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BLIGHT RESISTANCE; PATHOGENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM; SOLANUM JAMESII; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 9144231283     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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