Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)
Author
Fitt, Bruce D.L.
Evans, Neal
Cooke, B. M.
Howlett, B. J.
School of Life and Medical Sciences
Department of Human and Environmental Sciences
Health & Human Sciences Research Institute
Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences
Geography, Environment and Agriculture
Crop Protection and Climate Change
Centre for Climate Change Research (C3R)
Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science
Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management Research
Attention
2299/11822
Abstract
Control of phoma stem canker in oil rapeseed crops typically depends on cultivars resistant to L. Maculans, the virus that causes it. Recently, virus populations have overcome resistance, causing serious canker outbreaks in Australia and Europe. There is an urgent need to find sources of resistance to L. maculans. This book synthesizes studies in management of resistance genes control L. maculans, and will stimulate further research on this important model system.