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The blackarm resistance of the Upland variety Stoneville 20 is due to a major dominant gene,B 7, fortified by minor genes. This gene has been transferred to Sudan Sakel, on which background it is weaker in expression than the standard Upland resistance geneB 2.
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Knight, R.L. The genetics op blackarm resistance. Journ. of Genetics 51, 515–519 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982941
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