Seminar: Arms race between potato and the late blight pathogen
Seminar: Arms race between potato and the late blight pathogen
Closing Event of the DivGene project: Diversity analyses of key genes involved in the interaction between potato and Phytophthora infestans
Date: 17th April 2024
Time: 9:00-10:00 CET
Online: write to Jadwiga Śliwka j.sliwka@ihar.edu.pl to register
Learn about:
- Amplicon sequencing as a method for revealing the full-length nucleotide sequences of genes of interest from polyploid organisms
- Presence and sequence diversity of the potato genes for resistance to late blight in potato cultivars grown in Poland and Norway, breeding lines and wild potato genotypes
- Diversity of effector genes in Polish and Norwegian isolates of Phytophthora infestans
Speakers:
- Prof. Jadwiga Śliwka, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute, Poland
- Dr. Simeon Lim Rossmann, Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway; Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås 1431, Norway.