Late blight resistance in potato
Phytophthora infestans, responsible for the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, was the reason for establishment of plant pathology as a scientific discipline. Today, a large portion of the fungicides used in Swedish agriculture are sprayed on potato crops, although it constitutes only a few percent of the cultivated land. The aims of the research project are to unravel mechanisms in oomycete-plant interactions and to identify new types of resistance- and susceptibility factors toward Phytophthora infestans.
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