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Climate Change and Resistance to Pests and Diseases

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Inbuilt resistances to pests and diseases remain desirable breeding goals, although particular priorities may change with climate change because pathogens and pests have specific temperature and moisture requirements for their population growth. Prerequisites for successful breeding are a source of potentially durable resistance, a reliable screen for resistance using the most appropriate isolate(s) or strain(s) of the parasite and an understanding of the inheritance of resistance. Examples of all these points are provided from potatoes. The use of qualitative oligogenic resistance is explored through an updated gene-for-gene concept of interaction between pathogen effector (Avr) genes and host resistance (R) genes. The existence and value of broad-spectrum quantitative resistance is also considered. The theory and practice of use of disease progress curves to measure resistance is explained. Other examples considered of relevance to breeding for durable resistance are slow-rusting wheats, Mlo resistance to powdery mildew of barley and broad-spectrum bacterial resistance.

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Bradshaw, J.E. (2016). Climate Change and Resistance to Pests and Diseases. In: Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23285-0_18

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