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Transformation of the phytopathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola to carbendazim and hygromycin B resistance

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The fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola was transformed to carbendazim and hygromycin B resistance. A β-tubulin gene from a M. graminicola strain resistant to the fungicide carbendazim was cloned and used to transform a sensitive strain to carbendazim resistance. Hygromycin B-resistant transformants (up to 8 per μg of transforming DNA) arose at a higher rate than β-tubulin transformants (up to 0.6 per μg of DNA). Transformants were able to infect wheat and were morphologically similar to recipient strains.

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  1. IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS41 9AF, UK e-mail: Andrew.Payne@BBSRC.AC.UK Fax: +33-4-1275 394007, , , , , , GB

    A. C. Payne & Derek W. Hollomon

  2. Rhone-Poulenc AGRO, 14 rue Pierre Baizet, B.P. 9163, F-69263 Lyon Cedex 09, France, , , , , , FR

    Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer

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  1. A. C. Payne
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Received: 30 March / 26 May 1998

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Payne, A., Grosjean-Cournoyer, MC. & Hollomon, D. Transformation of the phytopathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola to carbendazim and hygromycin B resistance. Curr Genet 34, 100–104 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940050372

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