date:Jul 23, 2013
nes into a single cultivar in order to boost the effectiveness of resistance.
Although Phytophthora eventually could render the two resistant genes ineffective, the pathogen itself would likely become much weaker, Hughes said.
Every time a pathogen overcomes resistance in its plant host, it has to give up something itself, she added. So if it turns out that in order for the pathogen to overcome this new resistance, it ends up having a fitness penaltyfor instance, it can't compete as well or it