Sustainability on the farm: breeding for resistance and management of major canola diseases in Canada contributing towards an IPM approach

A Dolatabadian, J Cornelsen, S Huang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Genetic diversity is vital for the survival of any population. If humans were all the same, a
single strain of a nasty flu virus, like COVID-19, could wipe us all out! In plants, genetic …

[HTML][HTML] We stand on guard for thee: a brief history of pest surveillance on the Canadian Prairies

BD McCallum, CM Geddes, S Chatterton, G Peng… - Crop Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop production had dominated the Canadian Prairies for the past century, and has been
constantly challenged by various pathogens, insects, and weeds. An effective biovigilance …

Rapid identification of the Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence gene AvrLm2 using an intraspecific comparative genomics approach

K Ghanbarnia, I Fudal, NJ Larkan… - Molecular plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Five avirulence genes from L eptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg of canola
(B rassica napus), have been identified previously through map‐based cloning. In this study …

Breakdown of Rlm3 resistance in the Brassica napusLeptosphaeria maculans pathosystem in western Canada

X Zhang, G Peng, HR Kutcher, MH Balesdent… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Blackleg disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is a serious
disease of Brassica napus. The disease is mainly controlled by genetic resistance and crop …

Molecular mapping of qualitative and quantitative loci for resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans causing blackleg disease in canola (Brassica napus L.)

R Raman, B Taylor, S Marcroft, J Stiller… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2012 - Springer
Blackleg, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is one of the most important diseases of
oilseed and vegetable crucifiers worldwide. The present study describes (1) the construction …

Single R Gene Introgression Lines for Accurate Dissection of the Brassica - Leptosphaeria Pathosystem

NJ Larkan, F Yu, DJ Lydiate, SR Rimmer… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Seven blackleg resistance (R) genes (Rlm1, Rlm2, Rlm3, Rlm4, LepR1, LepR2 & LepR3)
were each introgressed into a common susceptible B. napus doubled-haploid (DH) line …

Blackleg disease of canola mitigated by resistant cultivars and four-year crop rotations in western Canada

HR Kutcher, SA Brandt, EG Smith, D Ulrich… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In western Canada, canola is traditionally grown in rotation once every 4 years to restrict
losses due to pests. Recently, growers have begun to produce canola more intensively due …

Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) Severity and Yield Loss in Canola in Alberta, Canada

SF Hwang, SE Strelkov, G Peng, H Ahmed, Q Zhou… - Plants, 2016 - mdpi.com
Blackleg, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is an important disease of oilseed rape
(Brassica napus L.) in Canada and throughout the world. Severe epidemics of blackleg can …

Canola rotation frequency impacts canola yield and associated pest species

KN Harker, JT O'Donovan… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Harker, KN, O'Donovan, JT, Turkington, TK, Blackshaw, RE, Lupwayi, NZ, Smith, EG,
Johnson, EN, Gan, Y., Kutcher, HR, Dosdall, LM and Peng, G. 2015. Canola rotation …

Fine mapping of Brassica napus blackleg resistance gene Rlm1 through bulked segregant RNA sequencing

F Fu, X Liu, R Wang, C Zhai, G Peng, F Yu… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans causes blackleg disease on canola and
rapeseed (Brassica napus) in many parts of the world. AB. napus cultivar,'Quinta', has been …