title: A novel gene for rust resistance.
abstract: The Rpg1 gene, which has provided North American cultivars of barley with resistance to the stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici for more than 60 years, has been cloned. A single copy of the gene can confer resistance to a susceptible barley variety. Although unexplained, the progeny are consistently more resistant than the variety from which the gene was obtained. The gene might represent a new class of plant resistance genes.
authors.affiliation: Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. rcs8@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Staples
mesh_terms: D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D001467:Hordeum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology