Advances in Ascochyta Research

• Main Author: Weidong Chen (auth)
• Other Authors: Jennifer Davidson (auth), Diego Rubiales (auth), Sara Fondevilla (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicago truncatula; Chickpea (Cicer arietinum); Disease Resistance; Pea (Pisum sativum); legumes; Lentil (Lens culinaris); Ascochyta blight
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Legume crops provide an excellent source of high quality plant protein and have a key role in arable crop rotations reducing the need for fertilizer application and acting as break-crops. However, these crops are affected by a number of foliar and root diseases, being ascochyta blights the most important group of diseases worldwide. Ascochyta blights are incited by different pathogens in the various legumes. A number of control strategies have been developed including resistance breeding, cultural practices and chemical control. However, only marginal successes have been achieved in most instances, most control methods being uneconomical, hard to achieve or resulting in incomplete protection. This eBook covers recent advances in co-operative research on these diseases, from agronomy to breeding, covering traditional and modern genomic methodologies.