Higher Copy Numbers of the Potato RB Transgene Correspond to Enhanced Transcript and Late Blight Resistance Levels

Late blight of potato ranks among the costliest of crop diseases worldwide. Host resistance offers the best means for controlling late blight, but previously deployed single resistance genes have been short-lived in their effectiveness. The foliar blight resistance gene RB, previously cloned from th...

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Main Authors: James M. Bradeen, Massimo Iorizzo, Dimitre S. Mollov, John Raasch, Lara Colton Kramer, Benjamin P. Millett, Sandra Austin-Phillips, Jiming Jiang, Domenico Carputo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2009-04-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-22-4-0437