Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Over 170 years after the infamous Irish Potato Famine, potato late blight (PLB) caused by
Phytophthora infestans remains the single most devastating disease of global potato …

Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans) is the causal agent of potato late blight, which caused
the devastating Irish Potato Famine during 1845-1852. Until now, potato late blight is still the …

Abstract Background The protist Plasmodiophora brassicae is a biotrophic soil-borne
pathogen that causes clubroot on Brassica crops worldwide. Clubroot disease is a serious …

Background Understanding how plants and pathogens modulate gene expression during
the host-pathogen interaction is key to uncovering the molecular mechanisms that regulate …

Background Solanum commersonii is a wild potato species that exhibits high tolerance to
both biotic and abiotic stresses and has been used as a source of genes for introgression …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Current
potato varieties are highly susceptible to drought stress. In view of global climate change …

Abstract Background Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most important plant viruses affecting
potato production. The interactions between potato and PVY are complex and the outcome …

Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans), is a devastating disease in
potato worldwide. Our previous study revealed that the Solanum andigena genotype 03112 …

Plants are often challenged by abiotic and biotic stresses acting in combination and the
response to combinatorial stress differs from that triggered by each factor individually …