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Newest firstWireworms are a major threat to potatoes. Agronomic prevention is always the first IPM strategy to be implemented. This work assesses whether a bioactive cover crop, sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), a tropical leguminous plant, reduces wireworm damage risk when cultivated as a crop preceding potatoes. The effects of Crotalaria plants (alive, chopped, and incorporated) on wireworms and tuber-damage prevention were…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Expression of a gene encoding the family 1 cellulose binding domain protein CBD1, identified in the cellulosic cell wall of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans, was tested in transgenic potato to determine if it had an influence on plant cell walls and resistance to late blight. Results Multiple regenerants of potato (cv. Bintje) were developed and selected for high expression of CBD…
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