Improved host-plant resistance to Phytophthora rot and powdery mildew in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).

ABSTRACT: Soybean is an important oilseed cum vegetable crop, susceptible to various biotic stresses which is attributed to recent decline in crop productivity. The emergence of virulent biotypes/strains of different plant pathogens necessitates the development of new crop varieties with enhanced host resistance mechanisms. Pyramiding of multiple disease-resistant genes is one of the strategies employed to develop durable disease-resistant cultivars to the prevailing and emerging biotypes of pathogens. The present study, reports the successful introgression of two major R-genes, including Rps2 (Phytophthora rot resistance), Rmd-c (complete-powdery mildew resistance) and effective nodulating gene (rj2) through functional Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding (MABB) in the genetic background of well-adap

SUBMITTER: Ramalingam J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434881 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature