Transcriptional Insight Into Brassica napus Resistance Genes LepR3 and Rlm2-Mediated Defense Response Against the Leptosphaeria maculans Infection

The phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans causes the blackleg disease on Brassica napus, resulting in severe loss of rapeseed production. Breeding of resistant cultivars containing race-specific resistance genes is provably effective to combat this disease. While two allelic resistance genes...

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Main Authors: Tengsheng Zhou, Wen Xu, Arvind H. Hirani, Zheng Liu, Pham Anh Tuan, Belay T. Ayele, Fouad Daayf, Peter B. E. McVetty, Robert W. Duncan, Genyi Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00823/full