CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2023, Cancun, AP 51
Eukaryotic elongation factor (eIF4) targeted sequence analysis of PVY tolerant Kutsaga accession to determine nucleotide responsible for PVY resistance and CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis of a Kutsaga line for PVY resistance
Tobacco Research Board (TRB), Kutsaga Research Station, Harare, Zimbabwe
Potato virus Y (PVY) is a destructive pathogen in tobacco with the potential to cause 100 % loss of affected plants if the disease sets in early in the crop’s growth. To prevent virus spread in tobacco, affected plants are usually rouged off as...