Deciphering diversity at er loci for diversification of powdery mildew resistance in pea.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural biotechnology aims to scrutinize the field crops which feed half of the world's population by improving their agronomic traits using various biotechnological tools. Pea- an important cash crop, rich in nutrients, but frequently infected with powdery mildew (fungal disease caused by Erysiphe pisi) that destroys the whole crop and causes economic loss for growers. We, therefore, targeted this research to find the pathogen-resistant pea lines and further decipher the diversity at er locus among resistant pea lines. Screening for resistant pea lines was done with Erysiphe pisi isolates (Genebank submission: KX455922.1) under the net house and greenhouse conditions. Molecular studies revealed that the Erysiphe resistant (er1) gene was present in 40 lines out of selected 50 pea line

SUBMITTER: Banyal DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9512827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature