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Review
. 2016 Jun 7:7:797.
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00797. eCollection 2016.

Fighting Asian Soybean Rust

Caspar Langenbach  1 , Ruth Campe  2 , Sebastian F Beyer  1 , André N Mueller  1 , Uwe Conrath  1
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Review

Fighting Asian Soybean Rust

Caspar Langenbach et al. Front Plant Sci. .

Abstract

Phakopsora pachyrhizi is a biotrophic fungus provoking SBR disease. SBR poses a major threat to global soybean production. Though several R genes provided soybean immunity to certain P. pachyrhizi races, the pathogen swiftly overcame this resistance. Therefore, fungicides are the only current means to control SBR. However, insensitivity to fungicides is soaring in P. pachyrhizi and, therefore, alternative measures are needed for SBR control. In this article, we discuss the different approaches for fighting SBR and their potential, disadvantages, and advantages over other measures. These encompass conventional breeding for SBR resistance, transgenic approaches, exploitation of transcription factors, secondary metabolites, and antimicrobial peptides, RNAi/HIGS, and biocontrol strategies. It seems that an integrating approach exploiting different measures is likely to provide the best possible means for the effective control of SBR.

Keywords: Asian soybean rust; Phakopsora pachyrhizi; fungicide insensitivity; host resistance; non-host resistance; plant biotechnology; plant breeding.

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Strategies for controlling SBR. Exploitation of different genetic resources (host and non-host plants), biocontrol agents, and chemical fungicides to combat Phakopsora pachyrhizi. ap, appressorium; gt, germ tube; sp, uredospore.
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