Using genomics technologies to determine the mechanism of resistance to phytophthora root rot in raspberry for future breeding applications to raspberry and other crops

在北方半球潮湿的条件下，疫霉根腐病导致土壤中种植的树莓种植园迅速减少，也大大减少了基质中种植的树莓的生产寿命，并产生负面的环境后果。基于植物的抗性是唯一的前进方向，并且存在有限的材料，其始终经受感染，很少/没有症状产生。基于基因的技术的发展提供了一个机会，以确定在这种植物-病原体相互作用中具有重要作用的基因，以确定抗性机制，并开发新的保护策略，包括育种。抗病品种和感病品种在基因表达水平上的反应以及病原体对不同表型的反应将确定基因标记，并制定控制策略。

In the Northern Hemisphere with damper conditions, Phytophthora root rot is causing a rapid decline in raspberry plantations grown in soil and also greatly decreasing the life span of production of raspberries grown in substrate with negative environmental consequenses. Plant based resistance is the only way forward and limited material exists that consistently withstands infection with little/no symptom production. The development of gene based techniques offers an opportunity to identify genes that have a significant role in this plant-pathogen interaction to determine the mechanisms of resistance and develop novel strategies of protection including breeding. How both resistant and susceptible varieties respond at the level of gene expression and how the pathogen responds to the differing phenotypes will identify gene markers and allow strategies for control to be developed.