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The fitness costs to plants of resistance to pathogens.

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: It has long been predicted that genes giving resistance to pathogens impose a cost on the fitness of plants. A new study has shown this to be true for one resistance gene in Arabidopsis. This raises intriguing theoretical and practical questions about how generally the results apply and how such costs are controlled in plants carrying resistance genes to several different pathogens.

Source: Genome biology

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-9-227

Authors: Jeremy J Burdon, Peter H Thrall

Institutions: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Plant Industry

Language: English

Topic: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,490