SECURE - possibilities for durable resistance to stem canker

Neal Evans, Bruce Fitt, Frank van den Bosch, M. R. Eckert, Yongju Huang, S Pietravalle, Z Karolewski, Thierry Rouxel, M. Balestrieri, S Ross, L Gout, Hortense Brun, Didier Andrivon, L Bousset, Peter Gladders, X. Pinochet, A. Penaud, Gosia Jedryckza, P Kachlicki, A StachowiakI Olechnowicz, A Podlesna, I Happstadius, Michel Renard

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Abstract

In many European countries, phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) control is currently reliant on the use of foliar fungicide sprays. Although the use of resistant cultivars can offer a viable alternative, the pathogen is highly variable and single-gene resistance tends to break down within a few seasons due to the emergence of new races after the widespread release of resistant
cultivars. The SECURE project (StEm Canker of oilseed rape: molecular tools and mathematical modelling to deploy dUrable REsistance; QLK5-CT-2002-01813) aims to deliver a model for deployment of cultivars with resistance to L. maculans to improve durability of resistance. There are four targeted specialist groups of end users: policy makers/politicians/government agencies; plant
breeders / advisers / farmers; the international scientific community; citizens groups and the general public. An important mechanism for delivery is the SECURE web-site (www.secure.rothamsted.ac.uk). Other more traditional routes of dissemination are press articles, field demonstrations, workshops, breeding programmes, conferences and peer-reviewed refereed papers.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Organisation for Biological Control Bulletin
EditorsBirger Koopermann, Neal Evans, Samantha Cook, Ingrid H. Williams
Place of PublicationUK
Pages17-21
Number of pages5
Volume27
Edition10
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2004
EventIOBC-WPRS Working Group: Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops - Rothamsted, United Kingdom
Duration: 30 Mar 200431 Mar 2004

Workshop

WorkshopIOBC-WPRS Working Group: Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityRothamsted
Period30/03/0431/03/04

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