Background: Black spot is one of the most severe and damaging diseases of garden roses. We present the draft genome sequence of its causative agent Diplocarpon rosae as a working tool to generate molecular markers and to ...

The interaction of roses with the leaf spot pathogen Diplocarpon rosae (the cause of black spot on roses) is an interesting pathosystem because it involves a long-lived woody perennial, with life history traits very different ...

Black spot disease, caused by the hemibiotrophic ascomycete Diplocarpon rosae, is the most severe disease in field-grown roses. The Rdr1 locus, comprising nine highly similar TNL-genes, was previously characterised in roses ...