CORESTA Congress, Online, 2020, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 07
The eIF(iso)4E-T deficient va tobacco is superior to Virgin A Mutant in resistance to Potato Virus Y
Japan Tobacco Inc., Leaf Tobacco Research Center, Oyama, Tochigi, Japan
Potato Virus Y (PVY) infects tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), inducing vein necrosis and thereby causing yield and quality losses. Tobacco strains with va locus (deletion of Va that includes eIF4E1-S), for example Virgin A Mutant (VAM) and TN90, show...