TY - JOUR

T1 - Phytophthora infestans: An overview of methods and attempts to combat late blight

AU - Ivanov, Artemii A.

AU - Ukladov, Egor O.

AU - Golubeva, Tatiana S.

N1 - Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by the the Russian Science Foundation under grant 19-74-00067. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

PY - 2021/12

Y1 - 2021/12

N2 - Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is one of the main pathogens in the agricultural sector. The most affected are the Solanaceae species, with the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) being of great agricultural importance. Ornamental Solanaceae can also host the pests Petunia spp., Calibrachoa spp., as well as the wild species Solanum dulcamara, Solanum sarrachoides, etc. Annual crop losses caused by this pathogen are highly significant. Although the interaction between P. infestans and the potato has been investigated for a long time, further studies are still needed. This review summarises the basic approaches in the fight against the late blight over the past 20 years and includes four sections devoted to methods of control: (1) fungicides; (2) R-gene-based resistance of potato species; (3) RNA interference approaches; (4) other approaches to control P. infestans. Based on the latest advances, we have provided a description of the significant advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

AB - Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is one of the main pathogens in the agricultural sector. The most affected are the Solanaceae species, with the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) being of great agricultural importance. Ornamental Solanaceae can also host the pests Petunia spp., Calibrachoa spp., as well as the wild species Solanum dulcamara, Solanum sarrachoides, etc. Annual crop losses caused by this pathogen are highly significant. Although the interaction between P. infestans and the potato has been investigated for a long time, further studies are still needed. This review summarises the basic approaches in the fight against the late blight over the past 20 years and includes four sections devoted to methods of control: (1) fungicides; (2) R-gene-based resistance of potato species; (3) RNA interference approaches; (4) other approaches to control P. infestans. Based on the latest advances, we have provided a description of the significant advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

KW - Late blight

KW - Pathogen resistance

KW - Phytophthora infestans

KW - Potato

KW - R-genes

KW - Solanum tuberosum

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U2 - 10.3390/jof7121071

DO - 10.3390/jof7121071

M3 - Review article

C2 - 34947053

AN - SCOPUS:85121766124

VL - 7

JO - Journal of Fungi

JF - Journal of Fungi

SN - 2309-608X

IS - 12

M1 - 1071

ER -