Rhizoctonia solani, the most important species within the genus Rhizoctonia, is a soilborne
plant pathogen with considerable diversity in cultural morphology, host range and …

A thorough understanding of quantitative disease resistance (QDR) would contribute to the
design and deployment of durably resistant crop cultivars. However, the molecular …

Although quantitative resistance loci provide partial and durable resistance to a range of
pathogen species in different crops, the molecular mechanism of quantitative disease …

The quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were
analysed in a population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from the cross …

Phoma is the most widely distributed and omnipresent genus of the order Pleosporales and
the largest genus with some 3,000 taxa described so far. Of these, approximately 110 …

Oilseed rape, or canola (Brassica napus ssp. napus; genome AACC, 2n= 38) is today the
world's third-leading source of both vegetable oil and oil extraction meal. Total world …

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) oil is the fourth most important vegetable oil in world trade
at present with an annual production of around 9 million tonnes and a cultivated acreage of …

Due to its ability to grow in different agroecological conditions and its moderate drought
tolerance, sunflower may become the oil crop of preference in the future, especially in the …

Basal stem rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, is an important cause of
yield loss in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) implicated in …

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to phytophthora root rot caused by Phytophthora
capsici were investigated using two Korean P. capsici isolates and 126 F8 recombinant …