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Resistance toLeveillula Taurica mildew (=Oidiopsis taurica) inCapsicum annuum

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Several studies ofLeveillula taurica have been carried out in India, France, Israel and the USA. This report describes a promising source ofL. taurica resistance that can be incorporated into Mediterranean pepper cultivars. The present data suggest that full resistance depends on three pairs of genes.

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  1. Dept. of Plant Genetics, ARO, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Chen Shifriss & Meir Pilowsky

  2. USDA-ARS-NADC, 50010, Ames, IA, USA

    Jerome M. Zacks

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Shifriss, C., Pilowsky, M. & Zacks, J.M. Resistance toLeveillula Taurica mildew (=Oidiopsis taurica) inCapsicum annuum . Phytoparasitica 20, 279–283 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980848

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