Sclerotinia Stem Rot Resistance in Rapeseed: Recent Progress and Future Prospects.

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) of rapeseed (), caused by the soil-borne fungus , is one of the main diseases seriously affecting the yield and oil quality of infected rapeseed crops. The complexity of the inheritance of resistance and of the interaction mechanisms between rapeseed and limits resistance gene identification and molecular breeding. In this review, the latest progress of research into resistance to SSR in is summarized from the following three directions: the pathogenesis mechanisms of , the resistance mechanisms of toward , and rapeseed breeding for resistance to SSR. This review aims to provide a theoretical basis and useful reference for analyzing the mechanism of the interaction between and , searching for gene loci associated with the resistance response, and for achieving disease-resistance genetic manipulation and molecular design breeding in rapeseed.