TY - JOUR AU - Shandil, Rajesh K. AU - Chakrabarti, Swarup K. AU - Singh, Bir Pal AU - Sharma, Sanjeev AU - Sundaresha, S. AU - Kaushik, Surinder K. AU - Bhatt, Arvind K. AU - Sharma, Nitya Nand PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/09 TI - Genotypic background of the recipient plant is crucial for conferring RB gene mediated late blight resistance in potato JO - BMC Genetics SP - 22 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Late blight, caused by oomycetes pathogen Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, is the most devastating potato disease in the world. RB gene from Solanum bulbocastanum has been shown to impart broad spectrum resistance against P. infestans races. In this study Katahdin transgenic event SP951 was used as male parent to cross with the popular Indian potato cultivars viz., Kufri Bahar (KB) and Kufri Jyoti (KJ) to enhance the late blight resistance. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-017-0490-x DO - 10.1186/s12863-017-0490-x ID - Shandil2017 ER -