Chestnut resistance to the blight disease: insights from transcriptome analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A century ago, Chestnut Blight Disease (CBD) devastated the American chestnut. Backcross breeding has been underway to introgress resistance from Chinese chestnut into surviving American chestnut genotypes. Development of genomic res...

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Main Authors: Barakat Abdelali, Staton Meg, Cheng Chun-Huai, Park Joseph, Yassin Norzawani, Ficklin Stephen, Yeh Chia-Chun, Hebard Fred, Baier Kathleen, Powell William, Schuster Stephan C, Wheeler Nicholas, Abbott Albert, Carlson John E, Sederoff Ronald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/38