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1: Pest Manag Sci. 2003 Feb;59(2):225-30.Click here to read Links

Identification and exploitation of novel disease resistance genes in sugar beet.

Francis SA, Luterbacher MC.

IACR-Broom's Barn, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6NP, UK. Sally.Francis@bbsrc.ac.uk

Sugar beet is a valuable arable crop providing a large proportion of world sugar supplies. It is susceptible to a range of fungal and viral diseases, to most of which there is inadequate genetic resistance. Control instead relies largely on the use of pesticides. To increase the sustainability of sugar-beet cultivation, strong and durable genetic resistance is urgently needed. This review describes an IACR-Broom's Barn programme devoted to evaluating Beta germplasm for novel resistance to major viral and fungal diseases, and its progress in elucidating the numbers and locations of the genes responsible.

PMID: 12587876 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]