Elena Rakosy-Tican

Prof. Elena Rakosy-Tican


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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 January 2008 in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
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RTRamona Thieme
Ramona Thieme
ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
TGTatjana Gavrilenko
Tatjana Gavrilenko
OAOlga Antonova
Olga Antonova
JSJörg Schubert
Jörg Schubert
TTThomas Thieme
Thomas Thieme

21 July 2005 in Bioelectromagnetics
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ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
CAC.M. Aurori
C.M. Aurori
VMV.V. Morariu
V.V. Morariu

12 August 2010 in Plant Cell Reports
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RTRamona Thieme
Ramona Thieme
ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
MNMarion Nachtigall
Marion Nachtigall
JSJörg Schubert
Jörg Schubert
THThilo Hammann
Thilo Hammann
TTThomas Thieme
Thomas Thieme

3 June 2020 in Frontiers in Plant Science
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ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
RTRamona Thieme
Ramona Thieme
JKJanine König
Janine König
MNMarion Nachtigall
Marion Nachtigall
THThilo Hammann
Thilo Hammann
MMMárta Molnár-Láng
Márta Molnár-Láng
There is a wealth of resistance genes in the Mexican wild relative of cultivated Solanum, but very few of these species are sexually compatible with cultivated Solanum tuberosum. The most devastating disease of potato is late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans (Pi). The wild hexaploid species S. demissum, which it is able to cross with potato, was used to transfer eleven race-specific genes by introgressive hybridization that were subsequently widely used in potato breeding. However, there are now more virulent races of Pi that can overcome all of these genes. The most sustainable strategy for protecting potatoes from late blight is to pyramid or stack broad-spectrum resistance genes into the cultivars. Recently four broad-spectrum genes (Rpi) conferring resistance to Pi were identified and cloned from the sexually incompatible species S. bulbocastanum: Rpi-blb1 (RB), Rpi-blb2, Rpi-blb3, and Rpi-bt1. For this research, a resistant S. bulbocastanum accession was selected carrying the genes Rpi-blb1 and Rpi-blb3 together with race-specific R3a and R3b genes. This accession was previously used to produce a large number of somatic hybrids (SHs) with five commercial potato cultivars using protoplast electrofusion. In this study, three SHs with cv. ‘Delikat’ were selected and backcross generations (i.e., BC1 and BC2) were obtained using cvs. ‘Baltica’, ‘Quarta’, ‘Romanze’, and ‘Sarpo Mira’. Their assessment using gene-specific markers demonstrates that these genes are present in the SHs and their BC progenies. We identified plants carrying all four genes that were resistant to foliage blight in greenhouse and field trials. Functionality of the genes was shown by using agro-infiltration with the effectors of corresponding Avr genes. For a number of hybrids and BC clones yield and tuber number were not significantly different from that of the parent cultivar ‘Delikat’ in field trials. The evaluation of agronomic traits of selected BC2 clones and of their processing qualities revealed valuable material for breeding late blight durable resistant potato. We show that the combination of somatic hybridization with the additional use of gene specific markers and corresponding Avr effectors is an efficient approach for the successful identification and introgression of late blight resistance genes into the potato gene pool.

13 December 2006 in Plant Cell Reports
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ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
CACristian M. Aurori
Cristian M. Aurori
CDCamelia Dijkstra
Camelia Dijkstra
RTRamona Thieme
Ramona Thieme
AAAdriana Aurori
Adriana Aurori
MDMichael R. Davey
Michael R. Davey

21 April 2015 in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)
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ERElena Rakosy-Tican
Elena Rakosy-Tican
RTRamona Thieme
Ramona Thieme
MNMarion Nachtigall
Marion Nachtigall
IMImola Molnar
Imola Molnar
TDTunde-Eva Denes
Tunde-Eva Denes