Leaf blight of taro, caused by Phytophthora colocasiae Raciborski,
is the most destructive disease of Colocasia esculenta.The disease
has severely constrained taro production. Based on disease severity
its highly solicited to develop disease prevention method. The use
of disease-free planting material is important in halting the
spread of P. colocasiae from nurseries to fields and also highly
relevant to limiting the spread of it across the globe.In view of
that we have developed Nested PCR-Primers for rapid and sensitive
detection of Phytophthora colocasiae in infected planting material
and infested soil. We have further aimed at investigating the role
of BAP(synthetic cytokinin), pathogen derived elicitor protein in
the interaction of P. colocasiae and its host plant taro, to
explore its potential in controlling taro leaf blight disease.Our
investigation shows that transgenic taro plants expressing eiher an
elicitor protein or increased cytokinin level could be useful to
engineer broad disease protection in taro plant against
Phytophthora leaf blight.
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