A qPCR approach to quantify the growth of basil downy mildew pathogen Peronospora belbahrii during infection

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is an economically important herb crop. Its production has been severely threatened by the downy mildew disease caused by the obligate biotrophic oomycete Peronospora belbahrii. Deployment of disease resistant cultivars would be the most cost effective, environmentally...

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Main Authors: Dandan Shao, Miaoying Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Current Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214662818301154