Genetic variation for tolerance to the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora variabilis in genetic resources of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
C. X. Colque-Little, M. Correa Abondano, O. Sogard Lund, D. Buchvaldt Amby, H.-P. Piepho, C. Andreasen, S. M. Schmöckel, K. J. Schmid
The paper assesses genetic variation for downy mildew tolerance in quinoa by infecting diverse genotypes and finding a polygenic architecture with strong genotypic effects but no significant marker-trait associations.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2020Plant Biology