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Genetic Characterization of a Fusarium Head Blight Resistance QTL from Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides
Qfhs.ndsu-3AS in wild emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. dicoccoides) is a major quantitative trait locus associated with type II resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB). It was mapped in a population obtain...
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Open AccessGrapevine comparative early transcriptomic profiling suggests that Flavescence dorée phytoplasma represses plant responses induced by vector feeding in susceptible varieties
Flavescence dorée is the most serious grapevine yellows disease in Europe. It is caused by phytoplasmas which are transmitted from grapevine to grapevine by the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus. Differences in susc...
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Open AccessComparative transcriptome profiling of resistant and susceptible rice genotypes in response to the seedborne pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi
Fusarium fujikuroi is the causal agent of bakanae, the most significant seed-borne disease of rice. Molecular mechanisms regulating defence responses of rice towards this fungus are no...
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Open AccessDeep sequencing transcriptional fingerprinting of rice kernels for dissecting grain quality traits
Rice represents one the most important foods all over the world. In Europe, Italy is the first rice producer and Italian production is driven by tradition and quality. All main rice grain quality traits, like ...
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Open AccessDe novo genome assembly of the soil-borne fungus and tomato pathogen Pyrenochaeta lycopersici
Pyrenochaeta lycopersici is a soil-dwelling ascomycete pathogen that causes corky root rot disease in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and other Solanaceous crops, reducing fruit yields by up to 75%. Fungal pathogen...
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Open AccessFrom root to fruit: RNA-Seq analysis shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis may affect tomato fruit metabolism
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) establishes a beneficial symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The formation of the mycorrhizal association in the roots leads to plant-wide modulation of gene expression...
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Open AccessSolanum torvum responses to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Solanum torvum Sw is worldwide employed as rootstock for eggplant cultivation because of its vigour and resistance/tolerance to the most serious soil-borne diseases as bacterial, fungal wilts and root-knot nemato...
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Open AccessA computational-based update on microRNAs and their targets in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Many plant species have been investigated in the last years for the identification and characterization of the corresponding miRNAs, nevertheless extensive studies are not yet available on barley (at the time ...
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Open AccessHeterologous microarray experiments allow the identification of the early events associated with potato tuber cold sweetening
Since its discovery more than 100 years ago, potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber cold-induced sweetening (CIS) has been extensively investigated. Several carbohydrate-associated genes would seem to be involved in th...