Delivering important virus resistance

芜菁黄病毒（TuYV）是一种严重降低油菜（OSR）产量的破坏性病原体（OSR是英国第三大种植作物）。英国的损失估计为15%，每年损失6900万英镑。它还显著降低了芸苔类蔬菜（如卷心菜和豆芽）的产量（高达65%）和质量。在早期bbsrc资助的研究中，我们确定了天然植物对TuYV的抗性来源，这些抗性来源对不同的TuYV菌株有效。拟议研究的目的是与来自不同公司的商业植物育种家合作，提供具有我们对TuYV抗性的植物品系和我们的商业合作伙伴所需的工具（分子标记），以便将抗性转移到商业OSR和蔬菜芸苔作物品种中。培育抗病毒品种将提高产量，从而有助于粮食安全，并减少农民在作物上喷洒杀虫剂的数量，以阻止绿蝇媒介传播TuYV

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) is a damaging pathogen severely reducing yields of oilseed rape (OSR) (3rd most widely grown crop in UK). UK losses are estimated at >15%, costing £69 million/annum. It also significantly reduces the yield (up to 65%) and quality of brassica vegetables (e.g. cabbage and sprouts).In earlier BBSRC-funded research, we identified sources of natural plant resistance to TuYV that were effective against the different strains of TuYV.The aim of the proposed research is to work together with commercial plant breeders from different companies to provide plant lines with our resistances to TuYV and tools (molecular markers) needed for our commercial partners to move the resistances in to commercial OSR and vegetable brassica crop varieties.The breeding of the virus-resistant varieties will increase yields, thereby helping food security and also reduce the amounts of pesticides farmers spray on crops, in attempts to stop the greenfly vectors spreading TuYV