Development of the First Cisgenic Apple with Increased Resistance to Fire Blight.

Development of the First Cisgenic Apple with Increased Resistance to Fire Blight.

The generation and selection of novel fire blight resistant apple genotypes would greatly improve the management of this devastating disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora. Such resistant genotypes are currently developed by conventional breeding, but novel breeding technologies including cisgenesis c...

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Main Authors: Thomas D Kost, Cesare Gessler, Melanie Jänsch, Henryk Flachowsky, Andrea Patocchi, Giovanni A L Broggini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4666654?pdf=render

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