| Abstract: | Background To find candidate genes that potentially influence the susceptibility or resistance of crop plants to powdery mildew fungi,
an assay system based on transient-induced gene silencing (TIGS) as well as transient over-expression in single epidermal
cells of barley has been developed. However, this system relies on quantitative microscopic analysis of the barley/powdery
mildew interaction and will only become a high-throughput tool of phenomics upon automation of the most time-consuming steps. |
