Climate change, large monocultures of disease-susceptible cultivars, overuse of pesticides,
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …

Fungal pathogens pose a major threat to food production worldwide. Traditionally, chemical
fungicides have been the primary means of controlling these pathogens, but many of these …

Apple scab, caused by Venturia inaequalis, is a major fungal disease worldwide. Cultivation
of scab-resistant cultivars would reduce the chemical footprint of apple production. However …

Apple scab, a fungal disease caused by Venturia inaequalis, leads to losses in both yield
and fruit quality of apples (Malus domestica Borkh.). Most commercial apple cultivars …

Background Scab, caused by the biotrophic fungus Venturia inaequalis, is the most
economically important disease of apples worldwide. During infection, V. inaequalis …

Background Breeding for resistance to apple scab (caused by Venturia inaequalis), the most
devastating fungal disease of apples, relies on genetic resources maintained in germplasm …

A set of 680 apple cultivars from the Fruit Gene bank in Dresden Pillnitz was evaluated for
the incidence of powdery mildew and scab in two consecutive years. The incidence of both …

Apple scab, caused by Venturia inaequalis, is a destructive fungal disease of major apple
cultivars worldwide, most of which are moderately to highly susceptible. Thus, development …

The apple (Malus x domestica) scab (Venturia inaequalis) resistance genes Rvi4 and Rvi15
were mapped to a similar region on the top of linkage group 2 and both resistance genes …

Apple scab is caused by an ascomycete fungus, Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint., which is
one of the most severe disease of apple (Malus× Domestica Borkh.) worldwide. The disease …