Advances in Ascochyta research

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02 February 2018

Editorial: Advances in Ascochyta Research

Diego Rubiales

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Sara Fondevilla

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Weidong Chen

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Jennifer Davidson

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Sara Fondevilla

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Jennifer Davidson

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

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Legume crops provide an excellent source of high quality plant protein and have a key role in arable crop rotations reducing the need for fertilizer application and acting as break-crops. However, these crops are affected by a number of foliar and root diseases, being ascochyta blights the most important group of diseases worldwide. Ascochyta blights are incited by different pathogens in the various legumes. A number of control strategies have been developed including resistance breeding, cultural practices and chemical control. However, only marginal successes have been achieved in most instances, most control methods being uneconomical, hard to achieve or resulting in incomplete protection. There is a need for a co-operative research on these diseases, from agronomy to breeding, covering traditional and modern genomic methodologies.

Legume crops provide an excellent source of high quality plant protein and have a key role in arable crop rotations reducing the need for fertilizer application and acting as break-crops. However, these crops are affected by a number of foliar and root diseases, being ascochyta blights the most important group of diseases worldwide. Ascochyta blights are incited by different pathogens in the various legumes. A number of control strategies have been developed including resistance breeding, cultural practices and chemical control. However, only marginal successes have been achieved in most instances, most control methods being uneconomical, hard to achieve or resulting in incomplete protection. There is a need for a co-operative research on these diseases, from agronomy to breeding, covering traditional and modern genomic methodologies.

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Sara Fondevilla

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Jennifer Davidson

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

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