Quantitative evolution of aggressiveness of powdery mildew under two-cultivar barley mixtures

Induction of Disease Symptoms in Barley by Powdery Mildew.

Powdery millews usually grow superficially on their hosts but produce symptoms of disease throughout the underlying host tissues. The symptoms include marked increase in respiratory rate (1, 3, 15. 24, 26, 30. 35); accumulation of organic and inorganic substances (1,29, 36): increase in dry weight (10. 26) ; increase in wet weight (3) decrease in photosynthesis when the disease is well develope...

Quantitative and temporal definition of the Mla transcriptional regulon during barley-powdery mildew interactions.

Barley Mildew resistance locus a (Mla) is a major determinant of immunity to the powdery mildew pathogen, Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. Alleles of Mla encode cytoplasmic- and membrane-localized coiled-coil, nucleotide binding site, leucine-rich repeat proteins that mediate resistance when complementary avirulence effectors (AVR(a)) are present in the pathogen. Presence of an appropriate AVR(...

Genome dynamics and evolution of the Mla (powdery mildew) resistance locus in barley.

Genes that confer defense against pathogens often are clustered in the genome and evolve via diverse mechanisms. To evaluate the organization and content of a major defense gene complex in cereals, we determined the complete sequence of a 261-kb BAC contig from barley cv Morex that spans the Mla (powdery mildew) resistance locus. Among the 32 predicted genes on this contig, 15 are associated wi...

Towards Positional Isolation of Three Quantitative Trait Loci Conferring Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Two Spanish Barley Landraces

Three quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring broad spectrum resistance to powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei, were previously identified on chromosomes 7HS, 7HL and 6HL in the Spanish barley landrace-derived lines SBCC097 and SBCC145. In the present work, a genome-wide putative linear gene index of barley (Genome Zipper) and the first draft of the physical, g...

Powdery mildew of soybeans.