Introgression of peanut smut resistance from landraces to elite peanut cultivars (Arachis hypogaea L.).

Smut disease caused by the fungal pathogen Thecaphora frezii Carranza & Lindquist is threatening the peanut production in Argentina. Fungicides commonly used in the peanut crop have shown little or no effect controlling the disease, making it a priority to obtain peanut varieties resistant to sm...

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Main Authors: Marina Bressano, Alicia N Massa, Renee S Arias, Francisco de Blas, Claudio Oddino, Paola C Faustinelli, Sara Soave, Juan H Soave, Maria A Pérez, Victor S Sobolev, Marshall C Lamb, Monica Balzarini, Mario I Buteler, J Guillermo Seijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211920