Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2202492 Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2016 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) causes the reduction, but not absence, of disease, and is a major type of disease resistance for many crop species. QDR results in a continuous distribution of disease scores across a segregating population, and is typically due to many genes with small effects. It may also be a source of durable resistance. The past decade has seen significant progress in cloning genes underlying QDR. In this review, we focus on these recently cloned genes and identify new themes of QDR emerging from these studies.

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