Effector genomics accelerates discovery and functional profiling of potato disease resistance and phytophthora infestans avirulence genes.

Potato is the world's fourth largest food crop yet it continues to endure late blight, a devastating disease caused by the Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Breeding broad-spectrum disease resistance (R) genes into potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the best strategy for genetically mana...

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Main Authors: Vivianne G A A Vleeshouwers, Hendrik Rietman, Pavel Krenek, Nicolas Champouret, Carolyn Young, Sang-Keun Oh, Miqia Wang, Klaas Bouwmeester, Ben Vosman, Richard G F Visser, Evert Jacobsen, Francine Govers, Sophien Kamoun, Edwin A G Van der Vossen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18682852/?tool=EBI