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@INPROCEEDINGS{Schmittgen:188731,
      author       = {Schmittgen, Simone and Metzner, Ralf and Dusschoten, Dagmar
                      van and Jansen, Marcus and Fiorani, Fabio and Rascher, Uwe
                      and Schurr, Ulrich},
      title        = {{Q}uantification of sugar beet resistance to fungal
                      {C}ercospora infestation using {M}agnetic {R}esonance
                      {I}maging and quantitative real-time {PCR}},
      school       = {Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2015-02055},
      year         = {2014},
      abstract     = {Sugar beets Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) is the most
                      destructive foliar disease caused by the fungal pathogen
                      Cercospora beticola resulting in up to 40 $\%$ crop loss.
                      Therefore, introduction of resistant sugar beets into
                      breeding programs is a crucial objective. Generally, plants
                      can defend against pathogens at different stages of
                      infestation from the initial contact, during invasion, all
                      the way to the final stage where disease affects shoot and
                      root. After penetrating through the stomata, the onset and
                      intercellular propagation of hyphal growth can be limited by
                      specifically expressed pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins of
                      the plant. At this point, quantitative real-time PCR
                      analysis of the fungal calmodulin gene showed reduced
                      pathogen propagation in leaf tissue of a lowly susceptible
                      (LS) genotype. In general, following the intracellular
                      propagation, necrotic leaf spots appear due to fungal toxin
                      production resulting in leaf damage. We scored visually a
                      lower disease severity of the LS genotype compared with a
                      highly susceptible (HS) one and could quantify leaf damage
                      by spectrally resolved imaging. Finally, the below-ground
                      taproot system was also affected in development. This effect
                      on taproot morphology was measured non-invasively with
                      Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealing a delay in
                      taproot growth of the LS genotype. Comparing the genotypes,
                      the HS genotype showed stronger disease progression and
                      fungal propagation on infected leaves, however it displayed
                      stronger taproot growth. This phenotyping study revealed
                      differences between plant resistance levels on leaf and root
                      scale already 14 days after inoculation before considerable
                      disease severity was reached. Hence, the combination of
                      these measurements could be used to characterize existing
                      diversity for pre-breeding programs and inform the selection
                      of candidate genotypes and traits linked to CLS resistance.},
      month         = {Feb},
      date          = {2014-02-17},
      organization  = {3rd International Plant Phenotyping
                       Symposium, Chennai (Indien), 17 Feb
                       2014 - 19 Feb 2014},
      subtyp        = {After Call},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {89582 - Plant Science (POF2-89582)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89582},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/188731},
}