Brassica napus is an economically important crop across different continents including
temperate and subtropical regions in Europe, Canada, South Asia, China and Australia. Its …

Blackleg disease, caused by the ascomycete fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is a
devastating disease of canola (Brassica napus) in Australia, Canada and Europe. Although …

LepR3, found in the B rassica napus cv 'S urpass 400', provides race‐specific resistance to
the fungal pathogen L eptosphaeria maculans, which was overcome after great devastation …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans, causal agent of stem canker of oilseed rape,
and its Brassica hosts are models of choice to explore the multiplicity of 'gene‐for‐gene' …

Leptosphaeria maculans is the causal agent of blackleg, a serious disease on
canola/rapeseed in western Canada, Australia and Europe. Genetic resistance and …

BACKGROUND Leptosphaeria maculans, the cause of stem canker of oilseed rape,
develops gene‐for‐gene interactions with its host and shows a high evolutionary potential to …