Published paper focuses on genotypic characterization of late blight populations in Bangladesh
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Dr. Phill Wharton (R), Disease Resistant Management Global Resource Lead for the Global Biotech Potato Partnership, along with other project personnel recently published the paper titled, "Genotypic characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations in Bangladesh" in the publication Plant Pathology. Learn more about this article in the following abbreviated abstract. Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is an economically important disease of potato that causes significant yield losses, with severe outbreaks regularly occurring in Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to do a large-scale survey of potato fields in the main potato-growing divisions of Bangladesh examining genotypic diversity of P. infestans populations. These results indicate that Bangladesh populations of P. infestans from potato, like those from neighbouring countries, are dominated by genotype EU_13_A2. However, populations from tomato were distinct and appear to be specific to the crop as late blight is also a serious disease of tomato.
