Generation of a ToxA knockout strain of the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis causes tan spot, a major disease of wheat throughout the world. The proteinaceous effector ToxA is responsible for foliar necrosis on ToxA sensitive wheat genotypes. The single copy ToxA gene was deleted from a wild-type race 1 P. tritici...

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Main Authors: Moffat, Caroline, See, Pao Theen, Oliver, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21045