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Genetic Modifications for Pest Resistance

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Diseases and insect pests are serious threat to the growth and yield of Brassica crops. As such, breeding for resistance to pests has been considered as a major objective in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) plant. The traditional method of genetic modification is utilizing the wild species which have resistance to one of diseases or insects to improve the cultivated species by distant hybridization. So far, the availability of resistant sources against pests has been greatly explored in many kinds of wild species. However, the narrow genetic resource (germplasm) also inhibits the development of pest resistant breeding program. On the other hand, with the development of biotechnology, genetic transformation has become possible to bring about quick and dramatic improvements in the tolerance to diseases and insect pests. In the past decades, more and more resistant genes were cloned and characterized, then transferred to cultivated species to obtain the resistant traits. The present chapter focuses on genetic modification of disease and insect pest resistance by conventional hybridization and transgene breeding in Brassica crops.

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This work was supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2011AA10A206), the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (2012C12902-1, 2011R50026-5), Scientific Research Foundation of Zhejiang A&F University (2013FR022), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20110491819, 2012T50555), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31000678, 31071698, 31170405), and National Key Science and Technology Supporting Program of China (2010BAD01B01, 2010BAD01B04). Weijun Zhou (the corresponding author) is grateful to the 985-Institute of Agrobiology and Environmental Sciences of Zhejiang University for providing convenience in using the experimental equipments.

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Liu, H. et al. (2013). Genetic Modifications for Pest Resistance. In: Gupta, S. (eds) Biotechnology of Crucifers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7795-2_12

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