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- Provides researchers with a synthesis of the recent studies relating to strategies for management of resistance genes to provide effective control of L. maculans
- Will stimulate further research on this important model system
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The interaction between the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans and oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is becoming an excellent model system for studying genetics of host-pathogen interactions. Leptosphaeria maculans causes phoma stem canker (blackleg) on oilseed rape and other Brassica crops worldwide. Recently, application of molecular techniques has led to increased understanding of the genetics of this hemibiotrophic interaction. The complete sequences of the genomes of L. maculans and B. rapa (comprising the Brassica A genome) will be available soon. This will provide new opportunities to investigate basic metabolic pathways in the host and the pathogen, and detailed knowledge of the disease process. Worldwide, the major strategy for control of phoma stem canker is the use of cultivars with resistance to L. maculans. However, serious epidemics have occurred recently in Australia and Europe when L. maculans populations changed such that major gene resistance in oilseed rape was overcome. Thus there is an urgent need to find and deploy sources of resistance to L. maculans in a manner that enhances their durability. This book provides researchers with a synthesis of the recent studies relating to strategies for management of resistance genes to provide effective control of L. maculans, and will stimulate further research on this important model system.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)
Editors: B. D. L. Fitt, N. Evans, B. J. Howlett, B. M. Cooke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4525-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4524-0Published: 24 January 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7142-2Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4525-7Published: 10 July 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 126
Additional Information: Reprinted from European Journal of Plant Pathology, volume 114 Issue 1, 2006
Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Agriculture