Recent advances in onion genetic improvement

CS Cramer, S Mandal, S Sharma, SS Nourbakhsh… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Onions are one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide. However, their production
faces many challenges. Genetic improvement is one mechanism to address those …

Identification of novel associations of candidate marker genes with resistance to onion-fusarium basal rot interaction pathosystem

SR Poursakhi, HA Asadi-Gharneh, M Nasr-Esfahani… - Plant Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
We evaluated the selected populations of eighteen open-pollinated short-day onion
genotypes for FBR-Fusarium basal rot (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae-FOC) …

Recent Advances in Understanding and Controlling Fusarium Diseases of Alliums

S Sharma, S Mandal, CS Cramer - Horticulturae, 2024 - mdpi.com
Allium species are known for their culinary, medicinal, and ornamental purposes. Fusarium
basal rot is one of the most damaging soilborne fungal diseases of Allium species and …

Defense-related enzymes associated with resistance to onion Fusarium basal rot

SR Poursakhi, HA Asadi-Gharneh… - Plant Physiology and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study was carried out to quantify changes in the activities of antioxidative enzymes such
as catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in two resistant …

Multiple garlic (Allium sativum L.) microRNAs regulate the immunity against the basal rot fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cepae

SK Chand, S Nanda, R Mishra, RK Joshi - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The basal plate rot fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC), is the most devastating
pathogen posing a serious threat to garlic (Allium sativum L.) production worldwide …

Molecular characterization and heterologous expression of a pathogen induced PR5 gene from garlic (Allium sativum L.) conferring enhanced resistance to …

E Rout, S Nanda, RK Joshi - European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Pathogenesis-related protein-5 (PR5) is encoded by a complex group of gene
family that are involved in host defense against biotic and abiotic stresses as well as …

Assembly and characterisation of a unique onion diversity set identifies resistance to Fusarium basal rot and improved seedling vigour

A Taylor, GR Teakle, PG Walley… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message A unique, global onion diversity set was assembled, genotyped and
phenotyped for beneficial traits. Accessions with strong basal rot resistance and increased …

Regulation of miR394 in Response to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC) Infection in Garlic (Allium sativum L)

SK Chand, S Nanda, RK Joshi - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of post-transcriptional regulators that negatively regulate
gene expression through target mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition and play …

Changes in the expression of COI1, TIR1, and ERF1 genes and respective MiRNAs in Fusarium basal Rot-Stressed onion

B Khansarinejad, F Dashti, E Buratti, A Mirzaie-Asl… - Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC), as basal rot fungus, is the most detrimental
pathogen causing a serious threat to onion productivity in the world. In this study, we first …

Brevibacillus fortis NRS-1210 produces edeines that inhibit the in vitro growth of conidia and chlamydospores of the onion pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae

ET Johnson, MJ Bowman, CA Dunlap - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2020 - Springer
Onions can be damaged by Fusarium basal rot caused by the soilborne fungus Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC). Control of this pathogen is challenging since there is limited …