Keyword: variety development
Characterization of rust resistance genes of flax
Flax rust is a serious disease that reached epidemic levels in North America two or three times in the previous century Since the 1970s, however, immunity to flax rust in all Canadian cultivars has depended on the L6 allele for rust resistance This reliance on a single version (allele) of this gene…Read More
Mapping and introgression of the highly effective Brassica rapa blackleg resistance gene Rlm11 into spring-type Brassica napus
Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently completed the genetic mapping of the blackleg resistance gene Rlm11 Rlm11 is effective against the L maculans isolates carrying the avirulence gene AvrLm11, which is found in 95 percent of L maculans isolates collected from western Canadian…Read More