Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-
input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect …

Durable disease resistance is a key component of global food security, and combining
resistance genes into “pyramids” is an important way to increase durability of resistance. The …

Quantitative resistance (QR) to crop diseases has usually been much more durable than
major-gene, effector-triggered resistance. It has been observed that the effectiveness of …

An understanding of the evolution of pathogen quantitative traits in response to host
selective pressures is essential for the development of durable management strategies for …

Apple (Malus× domestica) is the third important fruit in terms of production and consumption
worldwide. Apple scab caused by Venturia inaequalis is the most devastating disease of …

Quantitative resistance is considered more durable than qualitative resistance as it does not
involve major resistance genes that can be easily overcome by pathogen populations, but …

The current initiative of the European Commission (EC) concerning plants produced using
certain new genomic techniques, in particular, targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis …

Most cultivated apple cultivars are highly susceptible to fire blight, caused by Erwinia
amylovora. However, differences in resistance levels are observed among cultivars and …

The high susceptibility of European grapevine cultivars to downy mildew (DM) and powdery
mildew (PM) causes the intensive use of fungicides. Fungus-resistant cultivars (FRCs) with …