LETTUCE PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND RESISTANCE GENE

摘要

The present invention relates to a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, more specifically to a lettuce plant that comprises a mutated gene that confers broad spectrum resistance to oomycetes in lettuce, more specifically Bremia lactucae. Furthermore the present invention relates to a resistance gene and a method for obtaining a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, wherein the method comprises the step of mutating a gene.