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Breeding for Fungus Resistance

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Plant Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance

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Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is a serious disease in potato and tomato crops throughout the world. It cuts yields by destroying leaves and rotting tubers during growth, development, and storage. Under favorable weather conditions, late blight is capable of destroying a potato crop in a matter of days. The development of potato varieties resistant and acceptable in the market could offer a number of advantages on the control of the disease. This chapter discusses breeding for resistance to P. infestans, but the majority of examples and strategies mentioned in relation to this pathogen can be applied to breeding for resistance to fungi in general. First, the aspects of plant physiological responses, pathogen-host interaction, vertical x horizontal resistance, co-evolution of the pathogen, and the host wild species are reviewed. Then, the germplasm and genetic variability, inheritance of resistance, trait relationships, stress induction and intensity, and duration of the disease, strategy and selection methods, and biotechnology applied to the breeding for fungus resistance are discussed. Also, considerations about the effects of the possible climate change on plant responses to the disease are made. Finally, closing remarks of the chapter are presented.

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Pereira, A., Gomes, C.B., Castro, C.M., Silva, G.O.d. (2012). Breeding for Fungus Resistance. In: Fritsche-Neto, R., Borém, A. (eds) Plant Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33087-2_2

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