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Judd J. Maxwell Jeanette H. Lyerly Christina Cowger David Marshall Gina Brown-Guedira J. Paul Murphy 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2009,119(8):1489-1495
Wheat powdery mildew is an economically important disease in cool and humid environments. Powdery mildew causes yield losses
as high as 48% through a reduction in tiller survival, kernels per head, and kernel size. Race-specific host resistance is
the most consistent, environmentally friendly and, economical method of control. The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm line NC06BGTAG12 possesses genetic resistance to powdery mildew introgressed from the AAGG tetraploid genome
Triticum timopheevii subsp. armeniacum. Phenotypic evaluation of F3 families derived from the cross NC06BGTAG12/‘Jagger’ and phenotypic evaluation of an F2 population from the cross NC06BGTAG12/‘Saluda’ indicated that resistance to the ‘Yuma’ isolate of powdery mildew was controlled
by a single dominant gene in NC06BGTAG12. Bulk segregant analysis (BSA) revealed simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers specific
for chromosome 7AL segregating with the resistance gene. The SSR markers Xwmc273 and Xwmc346 mapped 8.3 cM distal and 6.6 cM proximal, respectively, in NC06BGTAG12/Jagger. The multiallelic Pm1 locus maps to this region of chromosome 7AL. No susceptible phenotypes were observed in an evaluation of 967 F2 individuals in the cross NC06BGTAG12/‘Axminster’ (Pm1a) which indicated that the NC06BGTAG12 resistance gene was allelic or in close linkage with the Pm1 locus. A detached leaf test with ten differential powdery mildew isolates indicated the resistance in NC06BGTAG12 was different
from all designated alleles at the Pm1 locus. Further linkage and allelism tests with five other temporarily designated genes in this very complex region will be
required before giving a permanent designation to this gene. At this time the gene is given the temporary gene designation
MlAG12. 相似文献
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Xiaoying Liu Fu Gan Zhenying Wang Yue Gao Yongkang Peng Chen Dang Chaojie Xie Zhiyong Liu Zuomin Yang 《Journal of Phytopathology》2013,161(4):215-223
Wheat powdery mildew resistance mechanisms have been studied extensively at genomic level, however, infection induced mitochondrial proteomic changes in resistant line have not been fully characterized. Being critical organelles of chemical energy metabolism, mitochondria have also been suggested to be involved in the environmental stress response. Using proteomic approaches, we did comparative analysis of mitochondrial proteome in resistant wheat near‐isogenic line (NIL) (Brock × Jing4117) and its recurrent parent Jing 411 after infection of Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici (Bgt). More than 50 down‐regulated mitochondrial protein spots were identified in NIL after 24‐h pathogen inoculation, and their abundance recovered to the levels prior to infection after extended inoculation (72‐h). We further analyzed a subgroup of down‐regulated proteins using mass spectrometry. MS/MS data analysis revealed the identities of nine protein spots and assigned them into three functional classes: synthesis of protein, disease resistance response and energy metabolism. For the first time we demonstrated pathogen stress induced mitochondrial proteomic changes and provided evidences that wheat powdery mildew resistance involves multiple biochemical events. Moreover, our results indicate that wheat mitochondrial proteome analysis can serve as a powerful tool to identify potential regulators of fungal invasion resistance. 相似文献
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Runli He Zhijian Chang Zujun Yang Zongying Yuan Haixian Zhan Xiaojun Zhang Jianxia Liu 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2009,118(6):1173-1180
Powdery mildew resistance from Thinopyrum intermedium was introgressed into common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genetic analysis of the F1, F2, F3 and BC1 populations from powdery mildew resistant line CH5025 revealed that resistance was controlled by a single dominant allele.
The gene responsible for powdery mildew resistance was mapped by the linkage analysis of a segregating F2 population. The resistance gene was linked to five co-dominant genomic SSR markers (Xcfd233, Xwmc41, Xbarc11, Xgwm539 and Xwmc175) and their most likely order was Xcfd233–Xwmc41–Pm43–Xbarc11–Xgwm539–Xwmc175 at 2.6, 2.3, 4.2, 3.5 and 7.0 cM, respectively. Using the Chinese Spring nullisomic-tetrasomic and ditelosomic lines, the
polymorphic markers and the resistance gene were assigned to chromosome 2DL. As no powdery mildew resistance gene was previously
assigned to chromosome 2DL, this new resistance gene was designated Pm43. Pm43, together with the identified closely linked markers, could be useful in marker-assisted selection for pyramiding powdery
mildew resistance genes.
Runli He and Zhijian Chang contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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Riaz S Tenscher AC Ramming DW Walker MA 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2011,122(6):1059-1073
A limited genetic mapping strategy based on simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker data was used with five grape populations
segregating for powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) resistance in an effort to develop genetic markers from multiple sources and enable the pyramiding of resistance loci. Three
populations derived their resistance from Muscadinia rotundifolia ‘Magnolia’. The first population (06708) had 97 progeny and was screened with 137 SSR markers from seven chromosomes (4,
7, 9, 12, 13, 15, and 18) that have been reported to be associated with powdery or downy mildew resistance. A genetic map
was constructed using the pseudo-testcross strategy and QTL analysis was carried out. Only markers from chromosome 13 and
18 were mapped in the second (04327) and third (06712) populations, which had 47 and 80 progeny, respectively. Significant
QTLs for powdery mildew resistance with overlapping genomic regions were identified for different tissue types (leaf, stem,
rachis, and berry) on chromosome 18, which distinguishes the resistance in ‘Magnolia’ from that present in other accessions
of M. rotundifolia and controlled by the Run1 gene on chromosome 12. The ‘Magnolia’ resistance locus was termed as Run2.1. Powdery mildew resistance was also mapped in a fourth population (08391), which had 255 progeny and resistance from M. rotundifolia ‘Trayshed’. A locus accounting for 50% of the phenotypic variation mapped to chromosome 18 and was named Run2.2. This locus overlapped the region found in the ‘Magnolia’-based populations, but the allele sizes of the flanking markers
were different. ‘Trayshed’ and ‘Magnolia’ shared at least one allele for 68% of the tested markers, but alleles of the other
32% of the markers were not shared indicating that the two M. rotundifolia selections were very different. The last population, 08306 with 42 progeny, derived its resistance from a selection Vitis romanetii C166-043. Genetic mapping discovered a major powdery mildew resistance locus termed Ren4 on chromosome 18, which explained 70% of the phenotypic variation in the same region of chromosome 18 found in the two M. rotundifolia resistant accessions. The mapping results indicate that powdery mildew resistance genes from different backgrounds reside
on chromosome 18, and that genetic markers can be used as a powerful tool to pyramid these loci and other powdery mildew resistance
loci into a single line. 相似文献
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W. Tao D. Liu J. Liu Y. Feng P. Chen 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2000,100(3-4):564-568
Pm6 in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which was transferred from Triticum. timopheevii L., is a gene conferring resistance to the powdery mildew disease caused by Erysiphe graminis f. sp. tritici. Six near-isogenic lines ( NILs ) of Pm6 in a cultivar ’Prins’ background were analyzed to map this gene using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Each
of the six NILs possessed a T. timopheevii-derived segment, varying in length, and associated with powdery mildew resistance. Lines IGV1–465 (FAO163b/ 7*Prins) and
IGV1–467 (Idaed 59B/7*Prins) had the shortest introgressed segments, which were detected only by DNA probes BCD135 and PSR934,
respectively. The polymorphic loci detected by both probes were mapped to the long arm of chromosome 2B. Lines IGV1–458 (CI13250/7*Prins)
and IGV1–456 (CI12559/8*Prins) contained the longest T. timopheevii segments involving both arms of donor chromosome 2G across the centromere. All these introgressed segments had an overlapping
region flanked by the loci xpsr934 and xbcd135 on 2BL. Thus, Pm6 was located in this region since the powdery mildew resistance in all the NILs resulted from the introgressed fragments.
Using the F2 mapping population from a cross of IGV1–463 (PI170914/7*Prins)×Prins, Pm6 was shown to be closely linked to the loci xbcd135 and xbcd266 at a genetic distance of 1.6 cM and 4.8 cM, respectively. BCD135 was successfully used in detecting the presence of Pm6 in different genetic backgrounds.
Received: 29 June 1999 / Accepted: 6 July 1999 相似文献
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Zhou R Zhu Z Kong X Huo N Tian Q Li P Jin C Dong Y Jia J 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2005,110(4):640-648
Using three Chinese wheat cultivars, Bainong 3217, Beijing 837 and Laizhou 953, as recurrent parents, 33 near-isogenic lines (NILs) carrying 22 powdery mildew resistance genes (Pm1c, Pm2, Pm4b, Pm12, Pm13, Pm16, Pm20, Pm21, Pm23, and 13 undocumented genes) were developed. All NILs had no significant difference to their recurrent parents in the investigated traits of agronomic importance. The results of AFLP analysis indicated Jaccards genetic similarity of the NILs with their recurrent parents varied from 0.96 to 0.98, and confirmed that the NILs had high genetic similarity with their recurrent parents. The resistance to powdery mildew was stably expressed by the relevant NILs. Eleven of the NILs were tested using molecular markers linked to the resistance genes Pm1c, Pm4b, Pm13, Pm21, PmP, PmE, PmPS5A, PmPS5B, PmY39, PmY150, and PmH, and they were all found to carry the targeted genes. The potential application of these NILs in gene discovery is discussed. 相似文献
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M. Keller B. Keller G. Schachermayr M. Winzeler J. E. Schmid P. Stamp M. M. Messmer 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1999,98(6-7):903-912
Powdery mildew is one of the major diseases of wheat in regions with a maritime or semi-continental climate and can strongly
affect grain yield. The attempt to control powdery mildew with major resistance genes (Pm genes) has not provided a durable resistance. Breeding for quantitative resistance to powdery mildew is more promising, but
is difficult to select on a phenotypic basis. In this study, we mapped and characterised quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for
adult-plant powdery mildew resistance in a segregating population of 226 recombinant inbred lines derived from the cross of
the Swiss wheat variety Forno with the Swiss spelt variety Oberkulmer. Forno possibly contains the Pm5 gene and showed good adult-plant resistance in the field. Oberkulmer does not have any known Pm gene and showed a moderate susceptible reaction. Powdery mildew resistance was assessed in field trials at two locations
in 1995 and at three locations in 1996. The high heritability (h2=0.97) for powdery mildew resistance suggests that the environmental influence did not affect the resistance phenotype to
a great extent. QTL analysis was based on a genetic map containing 182 loci with 23 linkage groups (2469 cM). With the method
of composite interval mapping 18 QTLs for powdery mildew resistance were detected, explaining 77% of the phenotypic variance
in a simultaneous fit. Two QTLs with major effects were consistent over all five environments. One of them corresponds to
the Pm5 locus derived from Forno on chromosome 7B. The other QTL on 5A, was derived from the spelt variety Oberkulmer and did not
correspond to any known Pm gene. In addition, five QTLs were consistent over three environments, and six QTLs over two environments. The QTL at the
Pm5 locus showed a large effect, although virulent races for Pm5 were present in the mixture of isolates. Molecular markers linked with QTLs for adult-plant resistance offer the possibility
of simultaneous marker-assisted selection for major and minor genes.
Received: 22 September 1998 / Accepted: 26 October 1998 相似文献
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S. L. K. Hsam X. Q. Huang F. J. Zeller 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2001,102(1):127-133
Genetic characterization of powdery mildew resistance genes were conducted in common wheat cultivars Hope and Selpek possessing
resistance gene Pm5, cvs. Ibis and Kormoran expressing resistance gene Mli, a backcross-derived line IGV 1–455 and a Triticum sphaerococcum var. rotundatum Perc. line Kolandi. Monosomic analyses revealed that one major recessive gene is located on chromosome 7B in the lines IGV
1–455 and Kolandi. Allelism tests of the F2 and F3 populations involving the tested resistant lines crossed with either cv. Hope or Selpek indicated that their resistance genes
are alleles at the Pm5 locus. The alleles are now designated Pm5a in Hope and Selpek, Pm5b in Ibis and Kormoran, Pm5c in T. sphaerococcum var. rotundatum line Kolandi, and Pm5d in backcross-derived line IGV 1–455, respectively.
Received: 5 November 1999 / Accepted: 14 April 2000 相似文献
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Wei Song Chaojie Xie Jinkun Du Hao Xie Qing Liu Zhongfu Ni Tsomin Yang Qixin Sun Zhiyong Liu 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》2009,23(3):357-363
Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most important wheat diseases worldwide. Pyramiding different resistance genes into single cultivar has been
proposed as one remedy to provide durable resistance. Powdery mildew resistance genes Pm12 (T6BS-6SS.6SL), transferred from Aegilops speltoides to wheat cv. Wembley, and Pm21 (T6VS.6AL), introduced from Dasypyrum villosum to wheat cv. Yangmai5, conferred broad-spectrum resistance to B. graminis f. sp. tritici. Both Pm12 and Pm21 genes are located on the short arms of homologous group six involved translocated chromosomes 6SS.6BL and 6VS.6AL, respectively.
Simple sequence repeat motifs of wheat simple sequence repeat (SSR) and expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences on the short
arm of homologous group six chromosomes were analyzed to develop molecular markers for discriminating chromosome arms 6AS,
6BS, 6DS, 6VS, and 6SS. One EST–SSR marker, Xcau127, was polymorphic, and therefore can be used to distinguish the two resistance genes and the respective susceptible alleles.
This marker allowed us to develop an efficient “one-marker-for-two-genes” procedure for identifying powdery mildew resistance
genes Pm12 and Pm21 for marker-assisted selection and gene pyramiding in wheat breeding programs.
Wei Song and Chaojie Xie contributed equally to this work 相似文献
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Perugini LD Murphy JP Marshall D Brown-Guedira G 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2008,116(3):417-425
Powdery mildew is an important foliar disease in wheat, especially in areas with a cool or maritime climate. A dominant powdery
mildew resistance gene transferred to the hexaploid germplasm line NC99BGTAG11 from T. timopheevii subsp. armeniacum was mapped distally on the long arm of chromosome 7A. Differential reactions were observed between the resistance gene in
NC99BGTAG11 and the alleles of the Pm1 locus that is also located on chromosome arm 7AL. Observed segregation in F2:3 lines from the cross NC99BGTAG11 × Axminster (Pm1a) demonstrate that germplasm line NC99BGTAG11 carries a novel powdery mildew resistance gene, which is now designated as Pm37. This new gene is highly effective against all powdery mildew isolates tested so far. Analyses of the population with molecular
markers indicate that Pm37 is located 16 cM proximal to the Pm1 complex. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers Xgwm332 and Xwmc790 were located 0.5 cM proximal and distal, respectively, to Pm37. In order to identify new markers in the region, wheat expressed sequence tags (ESTs) located in the distal 10% of 7AL that
were orthologous to sequences from chromosome 6 of rice were targeted. The two new EST-derived STS markers were located distal
to Pm37 and one marker was closely linked to the Pm1a region. These new markers can be used in marker-assisted selection schemes to develop wheat cultivars with pyramids of powdery
mildew resistance genes, including combinations of Pm37 in coupling linkage with alleles of the Pm1 locus. 相似文献
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Bisheng Fu Yang Chen Na Li Hongqi Ma Zhongxin Kong Lixia Zhang Haiyan Jia Zhengqiang Ma 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2013,126(4):913-921
Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), is one of the most devastating foliar diseases of wheat and imposes a constant challenge on wheat breeders. Xiaohongpi, a Chinese landrace of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), shows resistance to powdery mildew during the entire growth stage in the field and under controlled conditions. The F1 plants from cross of the powdery mildew susceptible cultivar Yangmai158 with Xiaohongpi were susceptible to isolate Bgt19, the locally most prevalent Bgt isolate. In the derived F2 population and F3 progenies, the resistance segregation deviated significantly from the one-gene Mendelian ratio. However, marker analysis indicated that only one recessive gene conferred the resistance, which co-segregated with Xsts-bcd1231 that showed co-segregation with Pm4a in different studies. Allelism test indicated that this recessive resistance gene, designated as pmX, is either allelic or tightly linked to Pm4a. The pmX gene was different from Pm4 alleles in resistance spectrum. Examination of the genotype frequencies at pmX and the linked marker loci in the F2 population showed that a genetic variation favoring the transmission of Xiaohongpi alleles could be the cause of deviated segregation. Mapping of the pmX-linked markers using Chinese Spring deletion lines indicated that it resides in the 0.85–1.00 bin of chromosome 2AL. 相似文献
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一些小麦白粉病抗源抗性基因鉴定分析 总被引:8,自引:2,他引:6
研究鉴定了我国37份小麦白粉病抗源的抗性基因,19份材料不具有任何抗性基因;6份材料具有来自1BL/1RS易位系的抗性基因Pm8;5份材料具有抗性基因Pm5a;3份分别具有对目前欧洲所有生理小种均抗的抗性基因Pm21、Pm16和Pm12;4份材料具有新的抗性基因。 相似文献
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Antonín Dreiseitl 《Biologia》2011,66(5):762-767
Resistance to causal agents of diseases is an important varietal characteristic that influences the management practice of
crop plants and thus production costs of commodities. At present, almost all European barley varieties possess at least one
major gene for resistance to powdery mildew. After hybridizing selected parental varieties, resistance genes often segregate
in subsequent generations and, therefore, some varieties comprise lines that differ in the number or combinations of resistance
genes. The objective of this research was to describe the various methods available for postulating resistance genes to pathogens
in heterogeneous varieties using resistance to powdery mildew of barley as an example. Four spring barleys (‘Orbit’, ‘Malva’,
‘Tocada’ and CLE 233), and a six-row variety of winter barley, F 12872, were screened. For postulating resistance genes, several
testing procedures and many Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei isolates were used. Minimum amounts of seed were determined and different methods of obtaining homogeneous seed samples from
heterogeneous varieties were compared. It was found that ‘Orbit’ and ‘Malva’ are composed of three and ‘Tocada’, CLE 233 and
F 12872 of two lines with different resistances to powdery mildew. Problems of postulating resistance genes in heterogeneous
varieties and the advantages of testing leaf segments instead of young plants are discussed. 相似文献
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This paper reports the characterization of the powdery mildew resistance homologous genes family of Triticum aestivum. Using degenerate primer pair for wheat resistance genes, we have cloned seven 3′ truncated powdery mildew resistance gene
homologous fragments Tpc5a, Tp25a, Tp25b, Tp3a5a, Tp3a5b, Tp4b5a and Tp4b5b. These fragments were sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequences showed that six of them have premature stop codons. All
these sequences had a very high level of similarity to known Pm resistance genes such as Pm3a, Pm3b, Pm3d and pm3f in hexaploid wheat. By ignoring the stop codons in the sequences, their deduced protein sequences were of coiled-coil (CC)-nucleotide
binding site (NBS)-leucine repeat rich (LRR) structure. These results suggest that there are many powdery mildew resistance
gene analogues in both resistant and susceptible wheat. Among them, small insertion/deletion events and point mutations can
result in the diversity of wheat Pm resistance homologous genes. 相似文献
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During vegetative period 2004–2005 powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis DC. f. sp. hordei Em. Marchal) field resistance of spring barley cultivars was investigated at the Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture. The
spring barley genotypes tested were Lithuania-registered cultivars, cultivars from genetic resources collection, and the new
cultivars used for initial breeding. In total, 23 resistance genes were present in the 84 cultivars studied. Among mono-genes
only mlo and 1-B-53 showed very high resistance. Slight powdery mildew necroses (up to 3 scores) formed on cultivars possessing these genes.
The maximal powdery mildew (PM) severity reached a score of 8.5 and the area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) a value
of 1216.8. The cultivars ‘Primus’, ‘Astoria’, ‘Power’, ‘Harrington’ and ‘Scarlett’ were the most resistant among the non mlo cultivars. Severity of PM on ‘Primus’ reached a score of 3.5 (3.0 of PM necrosis) in average, the other cultivars were diseased
from 4.5 (3.0) to 5.0 (2.0). The AUDPC values for these cultivars except ‘Scarlett’ were the lowest (85.0–145.3) among the
other cultivars. The highest contrast in development of the other leaf diseases was between highly resistant and susceptible
to PM cultivar groups. The fast development of PM depressed development of the other diseases 4.7 times. 相似文献
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Molecular identification of powdery mildew resistance genes in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
L. Hartl H. Weiss U. Stephan F. J. Zeller A. Jahoor 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1995,90(5):601-606
RFLP markers for the wheat powdery mildew resistance genes Pm1 and Pm2 were tagged by means of near-isogenic lines. The probe Whs178 is located 3 cM from the Pm1 gene. For the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm2, two markers were identified. The linkage between the Pm2 resistance locus and one of these two probes was estimated to be 3 cM with a F2 population. Both markers can be used to detect the presence of the corresponding resistance gene in commercial cultivars. Bulked segregant analysis was applied to identify linkage disequillibrium between the resistance gene Pm18 and the abovementioned marker, which was linked to this locus at a distance of 4 cM. Furthermore, the RAPD marker OPH-111900 (5-CTTCCGCAGT-3) was selected with pools created from a population segregating for the resistance of Trigo BR 34. The RAPD marker was mapped about 13 cM from this resistance locus. 相似文献
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P. D. Chen L. L. Qi B. Zhou S. Z. Zhang D. J. Liu 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1995,91(6-7):1125-1128
Several Triticum aestivum L.-Haynaldia villosa disomic 6VS/6AL translocation lines with powdery mildew resistance were developed from the hybridization between common wheat cultivar Yangmai 5 and alien substitution line 6V(6A). Mitotic and meiotic C-banding analysis, aneuploid analysis with double ditelosomic stocks, in situ hybridization, as well as the phenotypic assessment of powdery mildew resistance, were used to characterize these lines. The same translocated chromosome, with breakpoints near the centromere, appears to be present in all the lines, despite variation among the lines in their morphology and agronomic characteristics. The resistance gene, conferred by H. villosa and designated as Pm21, is a new and promising source of powdery mildew resistance in wheat breeding.This research was supported by grants from the National High-Tech R and D Program and the National Science and Technology Commission 相似文献
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PCR-based markers for the powdery mildew resistance gene<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Pm4a</Emphasis> in wheat 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Ma ZQ Wei JB Cheng SH 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2004,109(1):140-145
Gene tagging is the basis of marker-assisted selection and map-based cloning. To develop PCR-based markers for Pm4a, a dominant powdery mildew resistance gene of wheat, we surveyed 46 group 2 microsatellite markers between Pm4a near-isogenic line (NIL) CI 14124 and the recurrent parent Chancellor (Cc). One of the markers, gwm356, detected polymorphism and was used for genotyping an F2 population of 85 plants derived from CI 14124 × Cc. Linkage mapping indicated that Xgwm356 was linked to Pm4a at a distance of 4.8 cM. To identify more PCR-based markers for Pm4a, we also converted the restriction fragment length polymorphism marker BCD1231 linked to it into a sequence-tagged site (STS) marker. The STS primer designed based on the end sequences of BCD1231 amplified an approximately 1.6-kb monomorphic band in both parents. Following digestion of the products with the four-cutter enzymes HaeIII and MspI, it was discovered that the band from CI 14124 consisted of at least two products, one of which had a digestion pattern different from the band from Cc. In the F2 population, the cleaved polymorphism revealed by the STS marker between the parents co-segregated with powdery mildew resistance. To design Pm4a-specific PCR markers, the 1.6-kb band from Cc and the fragment associated with Pm4a in CI 14124 were sequenced and compared. Based on these sequences a new PCR marker was identified, which detected a 470-bp product only in the Pm4a-containing lines. These PCR-based markers provide a cost-saving option for marker-assisted selection of Pm4a.Communicated by F. Salamini 相似文献