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Švara A, De Storme N, Carpentier S, Keulemans W, De Coninck B. Phenotyping, genetics, and "-omics" approaches to unravel and introgress enhanced resistance against apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis) in apple cultivars ( Malus × domestica). HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2024; 11:uhae002. [PMID: 38371632 PMCID: PMC10873587 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
Apple scab disease, caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis, endangers commercial apple production globally. It is predominantly managed by frequent fungicide sprays that can harm the environment and promote the development of fungicide-resistant strains. Cultivation of scab-resistant cultivars harboring diverse qualitative Rvi resistance loci and quantitative trait loci associated with scab resistance could reduce the chemical footprint. A comprehensive understanding of the host-pathogen interaction is, however, needed to efficiently breed cultivars with enhanced resistance against a variety of pathogenic strains. Breeding efforts should not only encompass pyramiding of Rvi loci and their corresponding resistance alleles that directly or indirectly recognize pathogen effectors, but should also integrate genes that contribute to effective downstream defense mechanisms. This review provides an overview of the phenotypic and genetic aspects of apple scab resistance, and currently known corresponding defense mechanisms. Implementation of recent "-omics" approaches has provided insights into the complex network of physiological, molecular, and signaling processes that occur before and upon scab infection, thereby revealing the importance of both constitutive and induced defense mechanisms. Based on the current knowledge, we outline advances toward more efficient introgression of enhanced scab resistance into novel apple cultivars by conventional breeding or genetic modification techniques. However, additional studies integrating different "-omics" approaches combined with functional studies will be necessary to unravel effective defense mechanisms as well as key regulatory genes underpinning scab resistance in apple. This crucial information will set the stage for successful knowledge-based breeding for enhanced scab resistance.
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- Anže Švara
- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven Plant Institute, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Plant Institute, KU Leuven 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven Plant Institute, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Plant Institute, KU Leuven 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Genetic resources, Bioversity International, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Plant Institute, KU Leuven 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven Plant Institute, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Plant Institute, KU Leuven 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Plant Health and Protection, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven Plant Institute, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Švara A, Sun H, Fei Z, Khan A. Chromosome-level phased genome assembly of "Antonovka" identified candidate apple scab-resistance genes highly homologous to HcrVf2 and HcrVf1 on linkage group 1. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 14:jkad253. [PMID: 37936323 PMCID: PMC10755186 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Apple scab, a fungal disease caused by Venturia inaequalis, leads to losses in both yield and fruit quality of apples (Malus domestica Borkh.). Most commercial apple cultivars, including those containing the well-characterized Rvi6-scab-resistance locus on linkage group (LG) 1, are susceptible to scab. HcrVf2 and HcrVf1 are considered the main paralogs of the Rvi6 locus. The major apple scab-resistance loci Vhc1 in "Honeycrisp" and Rvi17 in "Antonovka," were identified in close proximity to HcrVf2. In this study, we used long-read sequencing and in silico gene sequence characterization to identify candidate resistance genes homologous to HcrVf2 and HcrVf1 in Honeycrisp and Antonovka. Previously published chromosome-scale phased assembly of Honeycrisp and a newly assembled phased genome of Antonovka 172670-B were used to identify HcrVf2 and HcrVf1 homologs spanning Vhc1 and Rvi17 loci. In combination with 8 available Malus assemblies, 43 and 46 DNA sequences highly homologous to HcrVf2 and HcrVf1, respectively, were identified on LG 1 and 6, with identity and coverage ranging between 87-95 and 81-95%, respectively. Among these homologs, 2 candidate genes in Antonovka and Honeycrisp haplome A are located in close physical proximity to the scab-resistance marker Ch-Vf1 on LG 1. They showed the highest identity and coverage (95%) of HcrVf2 and only minor changes in the protein motifs. They were identical by state between each other, but not with HcrVf2. This study offers novel genomic resources and insights into the Vhc1 and Rvi17 loci on LG 1 and identifies candidate genes for further resistance characterization.
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- Anže Švara
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- USDA-ARS Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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Mir S, Sakina A, Masoodi KZ, Bhat KM, Padder BA, Murtaza I, Nazir N, Bhat ZA, Wani SH, Shikari AB. Mapping of quantitative trait loci for scab resistance in apple (Malus × domestica) variety, Shireen. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:5555-5566. [PMID: 35579736 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07488-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Scab caused by Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint. is the most important fungal disease of apple. Fungicide application is a widely practiced method of disease control. However, the use of chemicals is costintensive, tedious, and ecologically unsafe. The development of genetic resistance and the breeding of resistant cultivars is the most reliable and safest option. One such source of scab resistance happens to be the variety 'Shireen', released from SKUAST-Kashmir. However, to date, the nature of resistance and its genetic control have not been characterized. Objective This research aimed to elucidate the genetic basis of scab resistance in Shireen. METHODS Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to apple scab disease was performed using an F1 cross developed between the susceptible cultivar 'StarKrimson' and the resistant cultivar 'Shireen'. The population was evaluated for two consecutive years. Further, six candidate genes were analyzed via quantitative real-time PCR, to determine their expression level in response to the pathogen infestation. RESULTS Genotyping and disease phenotyping of populations led us to identify two quantitative trait loci (QTLs), namely qRVI.SS-LG2.2019 and qRVI.SS-LG8.2019 on chromosomes 2 and 8 with LOD-values of 7.67 and 4.99 respectively, and six potential CDGs for the polygenic resistance in 'Shireen'. The genomic region corresponding to the mapped QTLs in LG 2 and LG 8 of 'Shireen' was examined for candidate genes possibly related to scab resistance using in silico analysis. CONCLUSION The QTLs mapped in the genetic background of Shireen are the novel QTLs and may be transferred to desirable genetic backgrounds and provide opportunities for isolation and cloning of genes apart from their utility to achieve durable resistance to scab.
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- Saba Mir
- Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India
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- MRCFC, KhudwaniSher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India.
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- MRCFC, KhudwaniSher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Srinagar, J&K, 190025, India.
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Shaw RK, Shen Y, Wang J, Sheng X, Zhao Z, Yu H, Gu H. Advances in Multi-Omics Approaches for Molecular Breeding of Black Rot Resistance in Brassica oleracea L. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:742553. [PMID: 34938304 PMCID: PMC8687090 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.742553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Brassica oleracea is one of the most important species of the Brassicaceae family encompassing several economically important vegetables produced and consumed worldwide. But its sustainability is challenged by a range of pathogens, among which black rot, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), is the most serious and destructive seed borne bacterial disease, causing huge yield losses. Host-plant resistance could act as the most effective and efficient solution to curb black rot disease for sustainable production of B. oleracea. Recently, 'omics' technologies have emerged as promising tools to understand the host-pathogen interactions, thereby gaining a deeper insight into the resistance mechanisms. In this review, we have summarized the recent achievements made in the emerging omics technologies to tackle the black rot challenge in B. oleracea. With an integrated approach of the omics technologies such as genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, it would allow better understanding of the complex molecular mechanisms underlying black rot resistance. Due to the availability of sequencing data, genomics and transcriptomics have progressed as expected for black rot resistance, however, other omics approaches like proteomics and metabolomics are lagging behind, necessitating a holistic and targeted approach to address the complex questions of Xcc-Brassica interactions. Genomic studies revealed that the black rot resistance is a complex trait and is mostly controlled by quantitative trait locus (QTL) with minor effects. Transcriptomic analysis divulged the genes related to photosynthesis, glucosinolate biosynthesis and catabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway, ROS scavenging, calcium signalling, hormonal synthesis and signalling pathway are being differentially expressed upon Xcc infection. Comparative proteomic analysis in relation to susceptible and/or resistance interactions with Xcc identified the involvement of proteins related to photosynthesis, protein biosynthesis, processing and degradation, energy metabolism, innate immunity, redox homeostasis, and defence response and signalling pathways in Xcc-Brassica interaction. Specifically, most of the studies focused on the regulation of the photosynthesis-related proteins as a resistance response in both early and later stages of infection. Metabolomic studies suggested that glucosinolates (GSLs), especially aliphatic and indolic GSLs, its subsequent hydrolysis products, and defensive metabolites synthesized by jasmonic acid (JA)-mediated phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway are involved in disease resistance mechanisms against Xcc in Brassica species. Multi-omics analysis showed that JA signalling pathway is regulating resistance against hemibiotrophic pathogen like Xcc. So, the bonhomie between omics technologies and plant breeding is going to trigger major breakthroughs in the field of crop improvement by developing superior cultivars with broad-spectrum resistance. If multi-omics tools are implemented at the right scale, we may be able to achieve the maximum benefits from the minimum. In this review, we have also discussed the challenges, future prospects, and the way forward in the application of omics technologies to accelerate the breeding of B. oleracea for disease resistance. A deeper insight about the current knowledge on omics can offer promising results in the breeding of high-quality disease-resistant crops.
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Jiquel A, Gervais J, Geistodt‐Kiener A, Delourme R, Gay EJ, Ollivier B, Fudal I, Faure S, Balesdent M, Rouxel T. A gene-for-gene interaction involving a 'late' effector contributes to quantitative resistance to the stem canker disease in Brassica napus. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 231:1510-1524. [PMID: 33621369 PMCID: PMC8360019 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The control of stem canker disease of Brassica napus (rapeseed), caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans is based largely on plant genetic resistance: single-gene specific resistance (Rlm genes) or quantitative, polygenic, adult-stage resistance. Our working hypothesis was that quantitative resistance partly obeys the gene-for-gene model, with resistance genes 'recognizing' fungal effectors expressed during late systemic colonization. Five LmSTEE (stem-expressed effector) genes were selected and placed under the control of the AvrLm4-7 promoter, an effector gene highly expressed at the cotyledon stage of infection, for miniaturized cotyledon inoculation test screening of a gene pool of 204 rapeseed genotypes. We identified a rapeseed genotype, 'Yudal', expressing hypersensitive response to LmSTEE98. The LmSTEE98-RlmSTEE98 interaction was further validated by inactivation of the LmSTEE98 gene with a CRISPR-Cas9 approach. Isolates with mutated versions of LmSTEE98 induced more severe stem symptoms than the wild-type isolate in 'Yudal'. This single-gene resistance was mapped in a 0.6 cM interval of the 'Darmor_bzh' × 'Yudal' genetic map. One typical gene-for-gene interaction contributes partly to quantitative resistance when L. maculans colonizes the stems of rapeseed. With numerous other effectors specific to stem colonization, our study provides a new route for resistance gene discovery, elucidation of quantitative resistance mechanisms and selection for durable resistance.
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- Audren Jiquel
- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Euralis Semences6 Chemin des PanedautesMondonville31700France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Université Paris‐SaclayRoute de l'Orme aux MerisiersSaint‐Aubin91190France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Université Paris‐SaclayRoute de l'Orme aux MerisiersSaint‐Aubin91190France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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Bénéjam J, Ravon E, Gaucher M, Brisset MN, Durel CE, Perchepied L. Acibenzolar- S-Methyl and Resistance Quantitative Trait Loci Complement Each Other to Control Apple Scab and Fire Blight. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:1702-1710. [PMID: 33190613 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-20-1439-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Diversifying disease control methods is a key strategy to sustainably reduce pesticides. Plant genetic resistance has long been used to create resistant varieties. Plant resistance inducers (PRI) are also considered to promote crop health, but their effectiveness is partial and can vary according to the environment and the plant genotype. We investigated the putative interaction between intrinsic (genetic) and PRI-induced resistance in apple when affected by scab and fire blight diseases. A large F1 mapping population was challenged by each disease after a pre-treatment with acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) and compared with the water control. Apple scab and fire blight resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected in both conditions and compared. ASM exhibited a strong effectiveness in reducing both diseases. When combined, QTL-controlled and ASM-induced resistance acted complementarily to reduce the symptoms from 85 to 100%, depending on the disease. In our conditions, resistance QTLs were only slightly or rarely affected by ASM treatment, despite their probable implication in various stages of the resistance buildup. Implications of these results are discussed considering already known results, the underlying mechanisms, cross protection of both types of resistance against pathogen adaptation, and practical application in orchard conditions.
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- Juliette Bénéjam
- Univ Angers, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, F-49000 Angers, France
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Patocchi A, Wehrli A, Dubuis PH, Auwerkerken A, Leida C, Cipriani G, Passey T, Staples M, Didelot F, Philion V, Peil A, Laszakovits H, Rühmer T, Boeck K, Baniulis D, Strasser K, Vávra R, Guerra W, Masny S, Ruess F, Le Berre F, Nybom H, Tartarini S, Spornberger A, Pikunova A, Bus VGM. Ten Years of VINQUEST: First Insight for Breeding New Apple Cultivars With Durable Apple Scab Resistance. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:2074-2081. [PMID: 32525450 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-19-2473-sr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Apple scab, caused by Venturia inaequalis, is a major fungal disease worldwide. Cultivation of scab-resistant cultivars would reduce the chemical footprint of apple production. However, new apple cultivars carrying durable resistances should be developed to prevent or at least slow the breakdown of resistance against races of V. inaequalis. One way to achieve durable resistance is to pyramid multiple scab resistance genes in a cultivar. The choice of the resistance genes to be combined in the pyramids should take into account the frequency of resistance breakdown and the geographical distribution of apple scab isolates able to cause such breakdowns. In order to acquire this information and to make it available to apple breeders, the VINQUEST project (www.vinquest.ch) was initiated in 2009. Ten years after launching this project, 24 partners from 14 countries regularly contribute data. From 2009 to 2018, nearly 9,000 data points have been collected. This information has been used to identify the most promising apple scab resistance genes for developing cultivars with durable resistance, which to date are: Rvi5, Rvi11, Rvi12, Rvi14, and Rvi15. As expected, Rvi1, together with Rvi3 and Rvi8, were often overcome, and have little value for scab resistance breeding. Rvi10 may also belong to this group. On the other hand, Rvi2, Rvi4, Rvi6, Rvi7, Rvi9, and Rvi13 are still useful for breeding, but their use is recommended only in extended pyramids of ≥3 resistance genes.
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- Agroscope, Breeding Research, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti CIV, 44022 San Giuseppe di Comacchio, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali e Animali, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- NIAB EMR, East Malling, West Malling ME19 6BJ, United Kingdom
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- Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau Klosterneuburg, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC J3V 0G7, Canada
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- Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für Züchtungsforschung an Obst, 01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Versuchsstation Obst- und Weinbau Haidegg, 8047 Graz, Austria
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- Landwirtschaftskammer Tirol, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 54333 Babtai, Lithuania
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- Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology, Holovousy 129, 508 01 Horice, Czech Republic
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- Laimburg Research Centre, Laimburg 6, 39040 Ora, Italy
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- Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein und Obstbau Weinsberg, 74189 Weinsberg, Germany
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- Station d'études et d'expérimentations fruitières de La Morinière, La Morinière, 37800 Saint Epain, France
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Balsgård, 29194 Kristianstad, Sweden
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- VNIISPK - Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding, 302530 Zilina, Russia
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, 4157 Havelock North, New Zealand
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Peace CP, Bianco L, Troggio M, van de Weg E, Howard NP, Cornille A, Durel CE, Myles S, Migicovsky Z, Schaffer RJ, Costes E, Fazio G, Yamane H, van Nocker S, Gottschalk C, Costa F, Chagné D, Zhang X, Patocchi A, Gardiner SE, Hardner C, Kumar S, Laurens F, Bucher E, Main D, Jung S, Vanderzande S. Apple whole genome sequences: recent advances and new prospects. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2019; 6:59. [PMID: 30962944 PMCID: PMC6450873 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-019-0141-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In 2010, a major scientific milestone was achieved for tree fruit crops: publication of the first draft whole genome sequence (WGS) for apple (Malus domestica). This WGS, v1.0, was valuable as the initial reference for sequence information, fine mapping, gene discovery, variant discovery, and tool development. A new, high quality apple WGS, GDDH13 v1.1, was released in 2017 and now serves as the reference genome for apple. Over the past decade, these apple WGSs have had an enormous impact on our understanding of apple biological functioning, trait physiology and inheritance, leading to practical applications for improving this highly valued crop. Causal gene identities for phenotypes of fundamental and practical interest can today be discovered much more rapidly. Genome-wide polymorphisms at high genetic resolution are screened efficiently over hundreds to thousands of individuals with new insights into genetic relationships and pedigrees. High-density genetic maps are constructed efficiently and quantitative trait loci for valuable traits are readily associated with positional candidate genes and/or converted into diagnostic tests for breeders. We understand the species, geographical, and genomic origins of domesticated apple more precisely, as well as its relationship to wild relatives. The WGS has turbo-charged application of these classical research steps to crop improvement and drives innovative methods to achieve more durable, environmentally sound, productive, and consumer-desirable apple production. This review includes examples of basic and practical breakthroughs and challenges in using the apple WGSs. Recommendations for "what's next" focus on necessary upgrades to the genome sequence data pool, as well as for use of the data, to reach new frontiers in genomics-based scientific understanding of apple.
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- Cameron P. Peace
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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- Computational Biology, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, TN 38010 Italy
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- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, TN 38010 Italy
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, 6708PB The Netherlands
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 USA
- Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- GQE – Le Moulon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, UMR 1345, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3 Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3 Canada
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Motueka, 7198 New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand
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- AGAP, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Genetic Resources Unit, USDA ARS, Geneva, NY 14456 USA
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- Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, TN 38010 Italy
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North Research Centre, Palmerston North, 4474 New Zealand
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North Research Centre, Palmerston North, 4474 New Zealand
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- Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072 Australia
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- New Cultivar Innovation, Plant and Food Research, Havelock North, 4130 New Zealand
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, UMR 1345, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, UMR 1345, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
- Agroscope, 1260 Changins, Switzerland
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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Omrani M, Roth M, Roch G, Blanc A, Morris CE, Audergon JM. Genome-wide association multi-locus and multi-variate linear mixed models reveal two linked loci with major effects on partial resistance of apricot to bacterial canker. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:31. [PMID: 30665361 PMCID: PMC6341767 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1631-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diseases caused by Pseudomonas syringae (Ps) are recognized as the most damaging factors in fruit trees with a significant economic and sanitary impact on crops. Among them, bacterial canker of apricot is exceedingly difficult to control due to a lack of efficient prophylactic measures. Several sources of partial resistance have been identified among genetic resources but the underlying genetic pattern has not been elucidated thus far. In this study, we phenotyped bacterial canker susceptibility in an apricot core-collection of 73 accessions over 4 years by measuring canker and superficial browning lengths issued from artificial inoculations in the orchard. In order to investigate the genetic architecture of partial resistance, we performed a genome-wide association study using best linear unbiased predictors on genetic (G) and genetic x year (G × Y) interaction effects extracted from linear mixed models. Using a set of 63,236 single-nucleotide polymorphism markers genotyped in the germplasm over the whole genome, multi-locus and multi-variate mixed models aimed at mapping the resistance while controlling for relatedness between individuals. RESULTS We detected 11 significant associations over 7 candidate loci linked to disease resistance under the two most severe years. Colocalizations between G and G × Y terms indicated a modulation on allelic effect depending on environmental conditions. Among the candidate loci, two loci on chromosomes 5 and 6 had a high impact on both canker length and superficial browning, explaining 41 and 26% of the total phenotypic variance, respectively. We found unexpected long-range linkage disequilibrium (LD) between these two markers revealing an inter-chromosomal LD block linking the two underlying genes. This result supports the hypothesis of a co-adaptation effect due to selection through population demography. Candidate genes annotations suggest a functional pathway involving abscisic acid, a hormone mainly known for mediating abiotic stress responses but also reported as a potential factor in plant-pathogen interactions. CONCLUSIONS Our study contributed to the first detailed characterization of the genetic determinants of partial resistance to bacterial canker in a Rosaceae species. It provided tools for fruit tree breeding by identifying progenitors with favorable haplotypes and by providing major-effect markers for a marker-assisted selection strategy.
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- Mariem Omrani
- INRA, UR1052 Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
- INRA, UR407 Pathologie Végétale, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
- ENGREF, AgroParisTech, Paris, France
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- INRA, UR1052 Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
- Present Address: Agroscope, Research Division Plant Breeding, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- INRA, UR1052 Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
- CEP Innovation, Lyon, France
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- INRA, UR1052 Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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- INRA, UR407 Pathologie Végétale, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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- INRA, UR1052 Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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Lasserre-Zuber P, Caffier V, Stievenard R, Lemarquand A, Le Cam B, Durel CE. Pyramiding Quantitative Resistance with a Major Resistance Gene in Apple: From Ephemeral to Enduring Effectiveness in Controlling Scab. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:2220-2223. [PMID: 30145950 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-17-1759-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Genetic resistance is a useful strategy to control plant disease, but its effectiveness may be reduced over time due to the emergence of pathogens able to circumvent the defenses of the plant. However, the pyramiding of different resistance factors in the same plant can improve the effectiveness and durability of the resistance. To investigate the potential for this approach in apple to control scab disease we surveyed scab incidence in two experimental orchards located at a distance of more than 300 km planted with apple genotypes carrying quantitative resistance and major gene resistance alone or in combination. Our results showed that the effectiveness of pyramiding in controlling scab was dependent on the site and could not be completely explained by the effectiveness level of the resistances alone.
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- Pauline Lasserre-Zuber
- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France; present address: INRA, UMR 1095, Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, 63100, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- CRRG, Centre Régional de Ressources Génétiques, Ferme du Héron, Chemin de la ferme de Lenglet, 59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- UE0449 Unité Expérimentale Horticole, INRA, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- IRHS, Agrocampus-Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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Pilet-Nayel ML, Moury B, Caffier V, Montarry J, Kerlan MC, Fournet S, Durel CE, Delourme R. Quantitative Resistance to Plant Pathogens in Pyramiding Strategies for Durable Crop Protection. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1838. [PMID: 29163575 PMCID: PMC5664368 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect and is difficult to select, it is considered more durable than major resistance (R) genes. With the exponential development of molecular markers over the past 20 years, resistance QTL have been more accurately detected and better integrated into breeding strategies for resistant varieties with increased potential for durability. This review summarizes current knowledge on the genetic inheritance, molecular basis, and durability of quantitative resistance. Based on this knowledge, we discuss how strategies that combine major R genes and QTL in crops can maintain the effectiveness of plant resistance to pathogens. Combining resistance QTL with complementary modes of action appears to be an interesting strategy for breeding effective and potentially durable resistance. Combining quantitative resistance with major R genes has proven to be a valuable approach for extending the effectiveness of major genes. In the plant genomics era, improved tools and methods are becoming available to better integrate quantitative resistance into breeding strategies. Nevertheless, optimal combinations of resistance loci will still have to be identified to preserve resistance effectiveness over time for durable crop protection.
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- Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel
- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA-Terres Inovia, Le Rheu, France
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- Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds (INRA), UMR 1345, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds (INRA), UMR 1345, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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Soto Sedano JC, Mora Moreno RE, Mathew B, Léon J, Gómez Cano FA, Ballvora A, López Carrascal CE. Major Novel QTL for Resistance to Cassava Bacterial Blight Identified through a Multi-Environmental Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1169. [PMID: 28725234 PMCID: PMC5496946 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, has been positioned as one of the most promising crops world-wide representing the staple security for more than one billion people mainly in poor countries. Cassava production is constantly threatened by several diseases, including cassava bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam), it is the most destructive disease causing heavy yield losses. Here, we report the detection and localization on the genetic map of cassava QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) conferring resistance to CBB. An F1 mapping population of 117 full sibs was tested for resistance to two Xam strains (Xam318 and Xam681) at two locations in Colombia: La Vega, Cundinamarca and Arauca. The evaluation was conducted in rainy and dry seasons and additional tests were carried out under controlled greenhouse conditions. The phenotypic evaluation of the response to Xam revealed continuous variation. Based on composite interval mapping analysis, 5 strain-specific QTL for resistance to Xam explaining between 15.8 and 22.1% of phenotypic variance, were detected and localized on a high resolution SNP-based genetic map of cassava. Four of them show stability among the two evaluated seasons. Genotype by environment analysis detected three QTL by environment interactions and the broad sense heritability for Xam318 and Xam681 were 20 and 53%, respectively. DNA sequence analysis of the QTL intervals revealed 29 candidate defense-related genes (CDRGs), and two of them contain domains related to plant immunity proteins, such as NB-ARC-LRR and WRKY.
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- Johana C. Soto Sedano
- Manihot Biotec Laboratory, Biology Department, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia
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- Manihot Biotec Laboratory, Biology Department, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation-Plant Breeding, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation-Plant Breeding, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Manihot Biotec Laboratory, Biology Department, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaBogotá, Colombia
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation-Plant Breeding, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation-Plant Breeding, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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Slow erosion of a quantitative apple resistance to Venturia inaequalis based on an isolate-specific Quantitative Trait Locus. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 44:541-548. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lavaud C, Baviere M, Le Roy G, Hervé MR, Moussart A, Delourme R, Pilet-Nayel ML. Single and multiple resistance QTL delay symptom appearance and slow down root colonization by Aphanomyces euteiches in pea near isogenic lines. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:166. [PMID: 27465043 PMCID: PMC4964060 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0822-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding the effects of resistance QTL on pathogen development cycle is an important issue for the creation of QTL combination strategies to durably increase disease resistance in plants. The oomycete pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches, causing root rot disease, is one of the major factors limiting the pea crop in the main producing countries. No commercial resistant varieties are currently available in Europe. Resistance alleles at seven main QTL were recently identified and introgressed into pea agronomic lines, resulting in the creation of Near Isogenic Lines (NILs) at the QTL. This study aimed to determine the effect of main A. euteiches resistance QTL in NILs on different steps of the pathogen life cycle. RESULTS NILs carrying resistance alleles at main QTL in susceptible genetic backgrounds were evaluated in a destructive test under controlled conditions. The development of root rot disease severity and pathogen DNA levels in the roots was measured during ten days after inoculation. Significant effects of several resistance alleles at the two major QTL Ae-Ps7.6 and Ae-Ps4.5 were observed on symptom appearance and root colonization by A. euteiches. Some resistance alleles at three other minor-effect QTL (Ae-Ps2.2, Ae-Ps3.1 and Ae-Ps5.1) significantly decreased root colonization. The combination of resistance alleles at two or three QTL including the major QTL Ae-Ps7.6 (Ae-Ps5.1/Ae-Ps7.6 or Ae-Ps2.2/Ae-Ps3.1/Ae-Ps7.6) had an increased effect on delaying symptom appearance and/or slowing down root colonization by A. euteiches and on plant resistance levels, compared to the effects of individual or no resistance alleles. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the effects of single or multiple resistance QTL on delaying symptom appearance and/or slowing down colonization by A. euteiches in pea roots, using original plant material and a precise pathogen quantification method. Our findings suggest that single resistance QTL can act on multiple or specific steps of the disease development cycle and that their actions could be pyramided to increase partial resistance in future pea varieties. Further studies are needed to investigate QTL effects on different steps of the pathogen life cycle, as well as the efficiency and durability of pyramiding strategies using QTL which appear to act on the same stage of the pathogen cycle.
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- C Lavaud
- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- Terres Inovia, 11 rue de Monceau, CS 60003, 75378, Paris cedex 08, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France.
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France.
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Bastiaanse H, Bassett HCM, Kirk C, Gardiner SE, Deng C, Groenworld R, Chagné D, Bus VGM. Scab resistance in 'Geneva' apple is conditioned by a resistance gene cluster with complex genetic control. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2016; 17:159-72. [PMID: 25892110 PMCID: PMC6638522 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Apple scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, is one of the most severe diseases of apple worldwide. It is the most studied plant-pathogen interaction involving a woody species using modern genetic, genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic approaches in both species. Although 'Geneva' apple was recognized long ago as a potential source of resistance to scab, this resistance has not been characterized previously. Differential interactions between various monoconidial isolates of V. inaequalis and six segregating F1 and F2 populations indicate the presence of at least five loci governing the resistance in 'Geneva'. The 17 chromosomes of apple were screened using genotyping-by-sequencing, as well as single marker mapping, to position loci controlling the V. inaequalis resistance on linkage group 4. Next, we fine mapped a 5-cM region containing five loci conferring both dominant and recessive scab resistance to the distal end of the linkage group. This region corresponds to 2.2 Mbp (from 20.3 to 22.5 Mbp) on the physical map of 'Golden Delicious' containing nine candidate nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) resistance genes. This study increases our understanding of the complex genetic basis of apple scab resistance conferred by 'Geneva', as well as the gene-for-gene (GfG) relationships between the effector genes in the pathogen and resistance genes in the host.
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- Héloïse Bastiaanse
- Plant Pathology Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, avenue Maréchal Juin 13, Gembloux 5030, Belgium
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
- Plant & Food Research, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Plant & Food Research, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Private Bag 11600, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Plant & Food Research, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand
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Montanari S, Brewer L, Lamberts R, Velasco R, Malnoy M, Perchepied L, Guérif P, Durel CE, Bus VGM, Gardiner SE, Chagné D. Genome mapping of postzygotic hybrid necrosis in an interspecific pear population. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2016; 3:15064. [PMID: 26770810 PMCID: PMC4702180 DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2015.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Deleterious epistatic interactions in plant inter- and intraspecific hybrids can cause a phenomenon known as hybrid necrosis, characterized by a typical seedling phenotype whose main distinguishing features are dwarfism, tissue necrosis and in some cases lethality. Identification of the chromosome regions associated with this type of incompatibility is important not only to increase our understanding of the evolutionary diversification that led to speciation but also for breeding purposes. Development of molecular markers linked to the lethal genes will allow breeders to avoid incompatible inbred combinations that could affect the expression of important agronomic tratis co-segregating with these genes. Although hybrid necrosis has been reported in several plant taxa, including Rosaceae species, this phenomenon has not been described previously in pear. In the interspecific pear population resulting from a cross between PEAR3 (Pyrus bretschneideri × Pyrus communis) and 'Moonglow' (P. communis), we observed two types of hybrid necrosis, expressed at different stages of plant development. Using a combination of previously mapped and newly developed genetic markers, we identified three chromosome regions associated with these two types of lethality, which were genetically independent. One type resulted from a negative epistatic interaction between a locus on linkage group 5 (LG5) of PEAR3 and a locus on LG1 of 'Moonglow', while the second type was due to a gene that maps to LG2 of PEAR3 and which either acts alone or more probably interacts with another gene of unknown location inherited from 'Moonglow'.
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- Sara Montanari
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), SFR 4207 Quasav, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Motueka Research Centre, Motueka, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Motueka Research Centre, Motueka, New Zealand
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), SFR 4207 Quasav, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Université d’Angers, F-49045 Angers, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), SFR 4207 Quasav, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Université d’Angers, F-49045 Angers, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), SFR 4207 Quasav, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UMR1345, Université d’Angers, F-49045 Angers, France
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Hawke’s Bay Research Centre, Havelock North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Savelyeva EN, Kudryavtsev AM. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in the genus Mallus Mill. (Apple). RUSS J GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795415100154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Leforestier D, Ravon E, Muranty H, Cornille A, Lemaire C, Giraud T, Durel CE, Branca A. Genomic basis of the differences between cider and dessert apple varieties. Evol Appl 2015; 8:650-61. [PMID: 26240603 PMCID: PMC4516418 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Unraveling the genomic processes at play during variety diversification is of fundamental interest for understanding evolution, but also of applied interest in crop science. It can indeed provide knowledge on the genetic bases of traits for crop improvement and germplasm diversity management. Apple is one of the most important fruit crops in temperate regions, having both great economic and cultural values. Sweet dessert apples are used for direct consumption, while bitter cider apples are used to produce cider. Several important traits are known to differentiate the two variety types, in particular fruit size, biennial versus annual fruit bearing, and bitterness, caused by a higher content in polyphenols. Here, we used an Illumina 8k SNP chip on two core collections, of 48 dessert and 48 cider apples, respectively, for identifying genomic regions responsible for the differences between cider and dessert apples. The genome-wide level of genetic differentiation between cider and dessert apples was low, although 17 candidate regions showed signatures of divergent selection, displaying either outlier FST values or significant association with phenotypic traits (bitter versus sweet fruits). These candidate regions encompassed 420 genes involved in a variety of functions and metabolic pathways, including several colocalizations with QTLs for polyphenol compounds.
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- Diane Leforestier
- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Université d'Angers Angers, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, INRA Beaucouzé, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, INRA Beaucouzé, France
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- Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France ; Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, CNRS Orsay, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Université d'Angers Angers, France
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- Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France ; Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, CNRS Orsay, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, INRA Beaucouzé, France
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- Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France ; Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, CNRS Orsay, France
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Weigl K, Wenzel S, Flachowsky H, Peil A, Hanke MV. Integration of BpMADS4 on various linkage groups improves the utilization of the rapid cycle breeding system in apple. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2015; 13:246-58. [PMID: 25370729 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rapid cycle breeding in apple is a new approach for the rapid introgression of agronomically relevant traits (e.g. disease resistances) from wild apple species into domestic apple cultivars (Malus × domestica Borkh.). This technique drastically shortens the long-lasting juvenile phase of apple. The utilization of early-flowering apple lines overexpressing the BpMADS4 gene of the European silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) in hybridization resulted in one breeding cycle per year. Aiming for the selection of non-transgenic null segregants at the end of the breeding process, the flower-inducing transgene and the gene of interest (e.g. resistance gene) that will be introgressed by hybridization need to be located on different chromosomes. To improve the flexibility of the existing approach in apple, this study was focused on the development and characterization of eleven additional BpMADS4 overexpressing lines of four different apple cultivars. In nine lines, the flowering gene was mapped to different linkage groups. The differences in introgressed T-DNA sequences and plant genome deletions post-transformation highlighted the unique molecular character of each line. However, transgenic lines demonstrated no significant differences in flower organ development and pollen functionality compared with non-transgenic plants. Hybridization studies using pollen from the fire blight-resistant wild species accession Malus fusca MAL0045 and the apple scab-resistant cultivar 'Regia' indicated that BpMADS4 introgression had no significant effect on the breeding value of each transgenic line.
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- Kathleen Weigl
- Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Dresden, Germany
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Muranty H, Troggio M, Sadok IB, Rifaï MA, Auwerkerken A, Banchi E, Velasco R, Stevanato P, van de Weg WE, Di Guardo M, Kumar S, Laurens F, Bink MCAM. Accuracy and responses of genomic selection on key traits in apple breeding. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2015; 2:15060. [PMID: 26744627 PMCID: PMC4688998 DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2015.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The application of genomic selection in fruit tree crops is expected to enhance breeding efficiency by increasing prediction accuracy, increasing selection intensity and decreasing generation interval. The objectives of this study were to assess the accuracy of prediction and selection response in commercial apple breeding programmes for key traits. The training population comprised 977 individuals derived from 20 pedigreed full-sib families. Historic phenotypic data were available on 10 traits related to productivity and fruit external appearance and genotypic data for 7829 SNPs obtained with an Illumina 20K SNP array. From these data, a genome-wide prediction model was built and subsequently used to calculate genomic breeding values of five application full-sib families. The application families had genotypes at 364 SNPs from a dedicated 512 SNP array, and these genotypic data were extended to the high-density level by imputation. These five families were phenotyped for 1 year and their phenotypes were compared to the predicted breeding values. Accuracy of genomic prediction across the 10 traits reached a maximum value of 0.5 and had a median value of 0.19. The accuracies were strongly affected by the phenotypic distribution and heritability of traits. In the largest family, significant selection response was observed for traits with high heritability and symmetric phenotypic distribution. Traits that showed non-significant response often had reduced and skewed phenotypic variation or low heritability. Among the five application families the accuracies were uncorrelated to the degree of relatedness to the training population. The results underline the potential of genomic prediction to accelerate breeding progress in outbred fruit tree crops that still need to overcome long generation intervals and extensive phenotyping costs.
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- Hélène Muranty
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences UMR1345, INRA, SFR 4207 QUASAV, F-49071 Beaucouze, France
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences UMR1345, INRA, SFR 4207 QUASAV, F-49071 Beaucouze, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences UMR1345, INRA, SFR 4207 QUASAV, F-49071 Beaucouze, France
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- DAFNAE, Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, viale Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Università, degli Studi di Padova, Italy
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences UMR1345, INRA, SFR 4207 QUASAV, F-49071 Beaucouze, France
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- Biometris, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Bastiaanse H, Muhovski Y, Parisi O, Paris R, Mingeot D, Lateur M. Gene expression profiling by cDNA-AFLP reveals potential candidate genes for partial resistance of 'Président Roulin' against Venturia inaequalis. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1043. [PMID: 25433532 PMCID: PMC4302150 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Scab, caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis, is one of the most important diseases of cultivated apple. While a few scab resistance genes (R genes) governing qualitative resistance have been isolated and characterized, the biological roles of genes governing quantitative resistance, supposed to be more durable, are still unknown. This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in the partial resistance of the old Belgian apple cultivar ‘Président Roulin’ against V. inaequalis. Results A global gene expression analysis was conducted in ‘Président Roulin’ (partially resistant) and in ‘Gala’ (susceptible) challenged by V. inaequalis by using the cDNA-AFLP method (cDNA-Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism). Transcriptome analysis revealed significant modulation (up- or down-regulation) of 281 out of approximately 20,500 transcript derived fragments (TDFs) in ‘Président Roulin’ 48 hours after inoculation. Sequence annotation revealed similarities to several genes encoding for proteins belonging to the NBS-LRR and LRR-RLK classes of plant R genes and to other defense-related proteins. Differentially expressed genes were sorted into functional categories according to their gene ontology annotation and this expression signature was compared to published apple cDNA libraries by Gene Enrichment Analysis. The first comparison was made with two cDNA libraries from Malus x domestica uninfected leaves, and revealed in both libraries a signature of enhanced expression in ‘Président Roulin’ of genes involved in response to stress and photosynthesis. In the second comparison, the pathogen-responsive TDFs from the partially resistant cultivar were compared to the cDNA library from inoculated leaves of Rvi6 (HcrVf2)-transformed ‘Gala’ lines (complete disease resistance) and revealed both common physiological events, and notably differences in the regulation of defense response, the regulation of hydrolase activity, and response to DNA damage. TDFs were in silico mapped on the ‘Golden Delicious’ apple reference genome and significant co-localizations with major scab R genes, but not with quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for scab resistance nor resistance gene analogues (RGAs) were found. Conclusions This study highlights possible candidate genes that may play a role in the partial scab resistance mechanisms of ‘Président Roulin’ and increase our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the partial resistance against apple scab. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1043) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Héloïse Bastiaanse
- Life Sciences Department, Breeding and Biodiversity Unit, Walloon Agricultural Research Center, Rue de Liroux, 4, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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Verdu CF, Guyot S, Childebrand N, Bahut M, Celton JM, Gaillard S, Lasserre-Zuber P, Troggio M, Guilet D, Laurens F. QTL analysis and candidate gene mapping for the polyphenol content in cider apple. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107103. [PMID: 25271925 PMCID: PMC4182701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Polyphenols have favorable antioxidant potential on human health suggesting that their high content is responsible for the beneficial effects of apple consumption. They control the quality of ciders as they predominantly account for astringency, bitterness, color and aroma. In this study, we identified QTLs controlling phenolic compound concentrations and the average polymerization degree of flavanols in a cider apple progeny. Thirty-two compounds belonging to five groups of phenolic compounds were identified and quantified by reversed phase liquid chromatography on both fruit extract and juice, over three years. The average polymerization degree of flavanols was estimated in fruit by phloroglucinolysis coupled to HPLC. Parental maps were built using SSR and SNP markers and used for the QTL analysis. Sixty-nine and 72 QTLs were detected on 14 and 11 linkage groups of the female and male maps, respectively. A majority of the QTLs identified in this study are specific to this population, while others are consistent with previous studies. This study presents for the first time in apple, QTLs for the mean polymerization degree of procyanidins, for which the mechanisms involved remains unknown to this day. Identification of candidate genes underlying major QTLs was then performed in silico and permitted the identification of 18 enzymes of the polyphenol pathway and six transcription factors involved in the apple anthocyanin regulation. New markers were designed from sequences of the most interesting candidate genes in order to confirm their co-localization with underlying QTLs by genetic mapping. Finally, the potential use of these QTLs in breeding programs is discussed.
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- Cindy F. Verdu
- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, EA921 Laboratoire de Substances d'Origine Naturelle et Analogues Structuraux, SFR 4207 Quasav, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
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- INRA, UR1268 Biopolymères, Interactions & Assemblages, Equipe « Polyphénols, Réactivité & Procédés », Le Rheu, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
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- INRA-UBP, UMR1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Université d'Angers, EA921 Laboratoire de Substances d'Origine Naturelle et Analogues Structuraux, SFR 4207 Quasav, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Beaucouzé, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, Angers, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Angers, France
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Celton JM, Kelner JJ, Martinez S, Bechti A, Khelifi Touhami A, James MJ, Durel CE, Laurens F, Costes E. Fruit self-thinning: a trait to consider for genetic improvement of apple tree. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91016. [PMID: 24625529 PMCID: PMC3953208 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In apple (Malus×domestica Borkh), as in many fruiting crops, fruit maintenance vs abscission is a major criteria for production profitability. Growers routinely make use of chemical thinning agents to control total fruit load. However, serious threats for the environment lead to the demand for new apple cultivars with self-thinning properties. In this project, we studied the genetic determinism of this trait using a F1 progeny derived from the cross between the hybrid INRA X3263, assumed to possess the self-thinning trait, and the cultivar 'Belrène'. Both counting and percentage variables were considered to capture the fruiting behaviour on different shoot types and over three consecutive years. Besides low to moderate but significant genetic effects, mixed models showed considerable effects of the year and the shoot type, as well as an interaction effect. Year effect resulted mainly from biennial fruiting. Eight Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) were detected on several linkage groups (LG), either independent or specific of the year of observation or the shoot type. The QTL with highest LOD value was located on the top third of LG10. The screening of three QTL zones for candidate genes revealed a list of transcription factors and genes involved in fruit nutrition, xylem differentiation, plant responses to starvation and organ abscission that open new avenues for further molecular investigations. The detailed phenotyping performed revealed the dependency between the self-thinning trait and the fruiting status of the trees. Despite a moderate genetic control of the self-thinning trait, QTL and candidate genes were identified which will need further analyses involving other progenies and molecular investigations.
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- Jean-Marc Celton
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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- Pépinières et Roseraies G. Delbard, Commentry, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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Caffier V, Lasserre-Zuber P, Giraud M, Lascostes M, Stievenard R, Lemarquand A, van de Weg E, Expert P, Denancé C, Didelot F, Le Cam B, Durel CE. Erosion of quantitative host resistance in the apple×Venturia inaequalis pathosystem. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 27:481-9. [PMID: 24530903 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Theoretical approaches predict that host quantitative resistance selects for pathogens with a high level of pathogenicity, leading to erosion of the resistance. This process of erosion has, however, rarely been experimentally demonstrated. To investigate the erosion of apple quantitative resistance to scab disease, we surveyed scab incidence over time in a network of three orchards planted with susceptible and quantitatively resistant apple genotypes. We sampled Venturiainaequalis isolates from two of these orchards at the beginning of the experiment and we tested their quantitative components of pathogenicity (i.e., global disease severity, lesion density, lesion size, latent period) under controlled conditions. The disease severity produced by the isolates on the quantitatively resistant apple genotypes differed between the sites. Our study showed that quantitative resistance may be subject to erosion and even complete breakdown, depending on the site. We observed this evolution over time for apple genotypes that combine two broad-spectrum scab resistance QTLs, F11 and F17, showing a significant synergic effect of this combination in favour of resistance (i.e., favourable epistatic effect). We showed that isolates sampled in the orchard where the resistance was inefficient presented a similar level of pathogenicity on both apple genotypes with quantitative resistance and susceptible genotypes. As a consequence, our results revealed a case where the use of quantitative resistance may result in the emergence of a generalist pathogen population that has extended its pathogenicity range by performing similarly on susceptible and resistant genotypes. This emphasizes the need to develop quantitative resistances conducive to trade-offs within the pathogen populations concerned.
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- Valérie Caffier
- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France.
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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- CTIFL - Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Lanxade, 24130 Prigonrieux, France
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- CRRG - Centre Régional de Ressources Génétiques, Ferme du Héron, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- CRRG - Centre Régional de Ressources Génétiques, Ferme du Héron, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- INRA, Unité Expérimentale Horticole N°34 0449, Centre d'Angers-Nantes, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France; AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France; Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, 49045 Angers, France
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Perazzolli M, Malacarne G, Baldo A, Righetti L, Bailey A, Fontana P, Velasco R, Malnoy M. Characterization of resistance gene analogues (RGAs) in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) and their evolutionary history of the Rosaceae family. PLoS One 2014; 9:e83844. [PMID: 24505246 PMCID: PMC3914791 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The family of resistance gene analogues (RGAs) with a nucleotide-binding site (NBS) domain accounts for the largest number of disease resistance genes and is one of the largest gene families in plants. We have identified 868 RGAs in the genome of the apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cultivar ‘Golden Delicious’. This represents 1.51% of the total number of predicted genes for this cultivar. Several evolutionary features are pronounced in M. domestica, including a high fraction (80%) of RGAs occurring in clusters. This suggests frequent tandem duplication and ectopic translocation events. Of the identified RGAs, 56% are located preferentially on six chromosomes (Chr 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 15), and 25% are located on Chr 2. TIR-NBS and non-TIR-NBS classes of RGAs are primarily exclusive of different chromosomes, and 99% of non-TIR-NBS RGAs are located on Chr 11. A phylogenetic reconstruction was conducted to study the evolution of RGAs in the Rosaceae family. More than 1400 RGAs were identified in six species based on their NBS domain, and a neighbor-joining analysis was used to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among the protein sequences. Specific phylogenetic clades were found for RGAs of Malus, Fragaria, and Rosa, indicating genus-specific evolution of resistance genes. However, strikingly similar RGAs were shared in Malus, Pyrus, and Prunus, indicating high conservation of specific RGAs and suggesting a monophyletic origin of these three genera.
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- Michele Perazzolli
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, New York, United States of America
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, New York, United States of America
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
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Lee S, Mian MAR, Sneller CH, Wang H, Dorrance AE, McHale LK. Joint linkage QTL analyses for partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean using six nested inbred populations with heterogeneous conditions. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:429-44. [PMID: 24247235 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2229-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean is controlled by multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL). With traditional QTL mapping approaches, power to detect such QTL, frequently of small effect, can be limited by population size. Joint linkage QTL analysis of nested recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations provides improved power to detect QTL through increased population size, recombination, and allelic diversity. However, uniform development and phenotyping of multiple RIL populations can prove difficult. In this study, the effectiveness of joint linkage QTL analysis was evaluated on combinations of two to six nested RIL populations differing in inbreeding generation, phenotypic assay method, and/or marker set used in genotyping. In comparison to linkage analysis in a single population, identification of QTL by joint linkage analysis was only minimally affected by different phenotypic methods used among populations once phenotypic data were standardized. In contrast, genotyping of populations with only partially overlapping sets of markers had a marked negative effect on QTL detection by joint linkage analysis. In total, 16 genetic regions with QTL for partial resistance against P. sojae were identified, including four novel QTL on chromosomes 4, 9, 12, and 16, as well as significant genotype-by-isolate interactions. Resistance alleles from PI 427106 or PI 427105B contributed to a major QTL on chromosome 18, explaining 10-45% of the phenotypic variance. This case study provides guidance on the application of joint linkage QTL analysis of data collected from populations with heterogeneous assay conditions and a genetic framework for partial resistance to P. sojae.
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- Sungwoo Lee
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA,
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Gaucher M, Dugé de Bernonville T, Lohou D, Guyot S, Guillemette T, Brisset MN, Dat JF. Histolocalization and physico-chemical characterization of dihydrochalcones: Insight into the role of apple major flavonoids. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2013; 90:78-89. [PMID: 23562371 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Flavonoids, like other metabolites synthesized via the phenylpropanoid pathway, possess a wide range of biological activities including functions in plant development and its interaction with the environment. Dihydrochalcones (mainly phloridzin, sieboldin, trilobatin, phloretin) represent the major flavonoid subgroup in apple green tissues. Although this class of phenolic compounds is found in very large amounts in some tissues (≈200mg/g of leaf DW), their physiological significance remains unclear. In the present study, we highlight their tissue-specific localization in young growing shoots suggesting a specific role in important physiological processes, most notably in response to biotic stress. Indeed, dihydrochalcones could constitute a basal defense, in particular phloretin which exhibits a strong broad-range bactericidal and fungicidal activity. Our results also indicate that sieboldin forms complexes with iron with strong affinity, reinforcing its antioxidant properties and conferring to this dihydrochalcone a potential for iron seclusion and/or storage. The importance of localization and biochemical properties of dihydrochalcones are discussed in view of the apple tree defense strategy against both biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Matthieu Gaucher
- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49071 Angers, France
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Pfender WF, Slabaugh ME. Pathotype-specific QTL for stem rust resistance in Lolium perenne. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:1213-1225. [PMID: 23361523 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A genetic map populated with RAD and SSR markers was created from F1 progeny of a stem rust-susceptible and stem rust-resistant parent of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). The map supplements a previous map of this population by having markers in common with several other Lolium spp. maps including EST-SSR anchor markers from a consensus map published by other researchers. A QTL analysis was conducted with disease severity and infection type data obtained by controlled inoculation of the population with each of two previously characterized pathotypes of Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola that differ in virulence to different host plant genotypes in the F1 population. Each pathotype activated a specific QTL on one linkage group (LG): qLpPg1 on LG7 for pathotype 101, or qLpPg2 on LG1 for pathotype 106. Both pathotypes also activated a third QTL in common, qLpPg3 on LG6. Anchor markers, present on a consensus map, were located in proximity to each of the three QTL. These QTL had been detected also in previous experiments in which a genetically heterogeneous inoculum of the stem rust pathogen activated all three QTL together. The results of this and a previous study are consistent with the involvement of the pathotype-specific QTL in pathogen recognition and the pathotype-nonspecific QTL in a generalized resistance response. By aligning the markers common to other published reports, it appears that two and possibly all three of the stem rust QTL reported here are in the same general genomic regions containing some of the L. perenne QTL reported to be activated in response to the crown rust pathogen (P. coronata).
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Van AL, Caffier V, Lasserre-Zuber P, Chauveau A, Brunel D, Le Cam B, Durel CE. Differential selection pressures exerted by host resistance quantitative trait loci on a pathogen population: a case study in an apple × Venturia inaequalis pathosystem. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:899-908. [PMID: 23278324 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Understanding how pathogens evolve according to pressures exerted by their plant hosts is essential for the derivation of strategies aimed at the durable management of resistant cultivars. The spectrum of action of the resistance factors in the partially resistant cultivars is thought to be an important determinant of resistance durability. However, it has not yet been demonstrated whether the pressures exerted by quantitative resistance are different according to their spectrum of action. To investigate selection pressures exerted by apple genotypes harbouring various resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on a mixed inoculum of the scab disease agent, Venturia inaequalis, we monitored V. inaequalis isolate proportions on diseased apple leaves of an F1 progeny using quantitative pyrosequencing technology and QTL mapping. Broad-spectrum resistances did not exert any differential selection pressures on the mixed inoculum, whereas narrow-spectrum resistances decreased the frequencies of some isolates in the mixture relative to the susceptible host genotypes. Our results suggest that the management of resistant cultivars should be different according to the spectrum of action of their resistance factors. The pyramiding of broad-spectrum factors or the use of a mixture of apple genotypes that carry narrow-spectrum resistance factors are two possible strategies for the minimization of resistance erosion.
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- Amandine Lê Van
- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, US1279 Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux - EPGV, Centre National de Génotypage, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, F-91057, Évry Cedex, France
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- INRA, US1279 Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux - EPGV, Centre National de Génotypage, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, F-91057, Évry Cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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Gusberti M, Patocchi A, Gessler C, Broggini GAL. Quantification of Venturia inaequalis Growth in Malus × domestica with Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction. PLANT DISEASE 2012; 96:1791-1797. [PMID: 30727262 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-11-1058-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was developed and validated for quantification of Venturia inaequalis in infected leaf tissue of Malus × domestica. The method is based on dual-labeled hybridization probes, allowing simultaneous detection of host and pathogen DNA within one single reaction. Limit of quantification for the pathogen was 0.5 pg per reaction and, for the host, reached 5 pg per reaction. The fungal growth measured in four apple cultivars 2 weeks after inoculation significantly correlated with their different level of scab resistance and allowed the observation of ontogenic resistance. After sporulation on the youngest leaf, fungal biomass in susceptible 'Gala' was 118 times higher than in resistant 'Florina' and 'Discovery' while intermediate values were found with the intermediate susceptible 'Milwa'. Correlation was also observed between severity classes obtained by visual scoring of symptoms and qPCR results. Moreover, qPCR demonstrated validity of the developed method as a disease severity forecast tool 10 days after the pathogen's inoculation and prior to the appearance of the symptoms. Applications of the methodology can include the quantification of scab resistance during breeding programs, evaluation of fungicide and biocontrol efficacy, and quantification of the fitness of different pathogenic strains.
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- Michele Gusberti
- Institute of Integrative Biology Zurich, Plant Pathology Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope Changins Wädenswil ACW Research Station, Schloss, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Institute of Integrative Biology Zurich, Plant Pathology Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Integrative Biology Zurich, Plant Pathology Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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González AM, Marcel TC, Niks RE. Evidence for a minor gene-for-minor gene interaction explaining nonhypersensitive polygenic partial disease resistance. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2012; 102:1086-93. [PMID: 22835013 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-12-0056-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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ABSTRACT Partial resistance is a quantitative type of resistance that, by definition of Parlevliet, is not based on hypersensitivity. It is largely pathotype nonspecific, although some minor isolate-specific responses have been reported. In order to elucidate the isolate specificity of individual genes for partial resistance, three barley recombinant inbred line mapping populations were analyzed for resistance to the leaf rust fungus Puccinia hordei. The mapping populations were inoculated with one isolate avirulent and two isolates virulent to resistance gene Rph7g. Six significant quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected. Of these, two (Rphq3 and Rphq11) were detected with only the avirulent isolate (1.2.1.) and one (Rphq18) only with both virulent isolates (CO-04 and 28.1). The effectiveness of these QTLs was tested with 14 isolates, using a tester set of genotypes containing alleles for resistance or susceptibility for these QTLs. QTL Rphq18 was effective to only two isolates, CO-04 and 28.1, whereas Rphq3 and Rphq11 were ineffective to CO-04 and 28.1 but effective to all other isolates, except one. This resulted in a significant Person's differential interaction, which is a hallmark of a gene-for-gene interaction. The minor gene-for-minor gene interaction is not based on hypersensitivity and there is no evidence that the resistance is based on genes belonging to the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat class.
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- Ana M González
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Pariaud B, Berg F, Bosch F, Powers SJ, Kaltz O, Lannou C. Shared influence of pathogen and host genetics on a trade-off between latent period and spore production capacity in the wheat pathogen, Puccinia triticina. Evol Appl 2012; 6:303-12. [PMID: 23467548 PMCID: PMC3586619 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Crop pathogens are notorious for their rapid adaptation to their host. We still know little about the evolution of their life cycles and whether there might be trade-offs between fitness components, limiting the evolutionary potential of these pathogens. In this study, we explored a trade-off between spore production capacity and latent period in Puccinia triticina, a fungal pathogen causing leaf rust on wheat. Using a simple multivariate (manova) technique, we showed that the covariance between the two traits is under shared control of host and pathogen, with contributions from host genotype (57%), pathogen genotype (18.4%) and genotype × genotype interactions (12.5%). We also found variation in sign and strength of genetic correlations for the pathogen, when measured on different host varieties. Our results suggest that these important pathogen life-history traits do not freely respond to directional selection and that precise evolutionary trajectories are contingent on the genetic identity of the interacting host and pathogen.
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Khan SA, Chibon PY, de Vos RC, Schipper BA, Walraven E, Beekwilder J, van Dijk T, Finkers R, Visser RG, van de Weg EW, Bovy A, Cestaro A, Velasco R, Jacobsen E, Schouten HJ. Genetic analysis of metabolites in apple fruits indicates an mQTL hotspot for phenolic compounds on linkage group 16. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:2895-908. [PMID: 22330898 PMCID: PMC3350913 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Apple (Malus×domestica Borkh) is among the main sources of phenolic compounds in the human diet. The genetic basis of the quantitative variations of these potentially beneficial phenolic compounds was investigated. A segregating F₁ population was used to map metabolite quantitative trait loci (mQTLs). Untargeted metabolic profiling of peel and flesh tissues of ripe fruits was performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), resulting in the detection of 418 metabolites in peel and 254 in flesh. In mQTL mapping using MetaNetwork, 669 significant mQTLs were detected: 488 in the peel and 181 in the flesh. Four linkage groups (LGs), LG1, LG8, LG13, and LG16, were found to contain mQTL hotspots, mainly regulating metabolites that belong to the phenylpropanoid pathway. The genetics of annotated metabolites was studied in more detail using MapQTL®. A number of quercetin conjugates had mQTLs on LG1 or LG13. The most important mQTL hotspot with the largest number of metabolites was detected on LG16: mQTLs for 33 peel-related and 17 flesh-related phenolic compounds. Structural genes involved in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway were located, using the apple genome sequence. The structural gene leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LAR1) was in the mQTL hotspot on LG16, as were seven transcription factor genes. The authors believe that this is the first time that a QTL analysis was performed on such a high number of metabolites in an outbreeding plant species.
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- Sabaz Ali Khan
- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, Lingewal 1, 6668 LA Randwijk, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy
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- Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Schouten HJ, van de Weg WE, Carling J, Khan SA, McKay SJ, van Kaauwen MPW, Wittenberg AHJ, Koehorst-van Putten HJJ, Noordijk Y, Gao Z, Rees DJG, Van Dyk MM, Jaccoud D, Considine MJ, Kilian A. Diversity arrays technology (DArT) markers in apple for genetic linkage maps. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2012; 29:645-660. [PMID: 22408382 PMCID: PMC3285764 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9579-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) provides a high-throughput whole-genome genotyping platform for the detection and scoring of hundreds of polymorphic loci without any need for prior sequence information. The work presented here details the development and performance of a DArT genotyping array for apple. This is the first paper on DArT in horticultural trees. Genetic mapping of DArT markers in two mapping populations and their integration with other marker types showed that DArT is a powerful high-throughput method for obtaining accurate and reproducible marker data, despite the low cost per data point. This method appears to be suitable for aligning the genetic maps of different segregating populations. The standard complexity reduction method, based on the methylation-sensitive PstI restriction enzyme, resulted in a high frequency of markers, although there was 52-54% redundancy due to the repeated sampling of highly similar sequences. Sequencing of the marker clones showed that they are significantly enriched for low-copy, genic regions. The genome coverage using the standard method was 55-76%. For improved genome coverage, an alternative complexity reduction method was examined, which resulted in less redundancy and additional segregating markers. The DArT markers proved to be of high quality and were very suitable for genetic mapping at low cost for the apple, providing moderate genome coverage. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11032-011-9579-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Henk J. Schouten
- Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Diversity Arrays Technology, PO Box 7141, Yarralumla, ACT 2600 Australia
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, Alderman Hall, 1970 Folwell Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029 China
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- ARC: Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Private Bag X5, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, 0110 South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028 South Africa
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- Diversity Arrays Technology, PO Box 7141, Yarralumla, ACT 2600 Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, and the Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, M084, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
- Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, South Perth, WA 6151 Australia
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- Diversity Arrays Technology, PO Box 7141, Yarralumla, ACT 2600 Australia
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Lannou C. Variation and selection of quantitative traits in plant pathogens. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2012; 50:319-38. [PMID: 22702351 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The first section presents the quantitative traits of pathogenicity that are most commonly measured by plant pathologists, how the expression of those traits is influenced by environmental factors, and why the traits must be taken into account for understanding pathogen evolution in agricultural systems. Particular attention is given to the shared genetic control of these traits by the host and the pathogen. Next, the review discusses how quantitative traits account for epidemic development and how they can be related to pathogen fitness. The main constraints that influence the evolution of quantitative traits in pathogen populations are detailed. Finally, possible directions for research on the management of pathogen virulence (as defined by evolutionists) and host quantitative resistance are presented. The review evaluates how the theoretical corpus developed by epidemiologists and evolutionists may apply to plant pathogens in the context of agriculture. The review also analyzes theoretical papers and compares the modeling hypotheses to the biological characteristics of plant pathogens.
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Bus VG, Rikkerink EH, Caffier V, Durel CE, Plummer KM. Revision of the Nomenclature of the Differential Host-Pathogen Interactions of Venturia inaequalis and Malus. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2011; 49:391-413. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The apple scab (Venturia inaequalis–Malus) pathosystem was one of the first systems for which Flor's concept of gene-for-gene (GfG) relationships between the host plant and the pathogen was demonstrated. There is a rich resource of host resistance genes present in Malus germplasm that could potentially be marshalled to confer durable resistance against this most important apple disease. A comprehensive understanding of the host-pathogen interactions occurring in this pathosystem is a prerequisite for effectively manipulating these host resistance factors. An accurate means of identification of specific resistance and consistent use of gene nomenclature is critical for this process. A set of universally available, differentially resistant hosts is described, which will be followed by a set of defined pathogen races at a later stage. We review pertinent aspects of the history of apple scab research, describe the current status and future directions of this research, and resolve some outstanding issues.
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- Vincent G.M. Bus
- The Plant and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand
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- The Plant and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- INRA, UMR77 Pathologie Végétale – PaVé, INRA/ACO/UA, IFR QUASAV, BP 60057, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- INRA, UMR 1259 Genetics and Horticulture – GenHort, INRA/ACO/UA, IFR QUASAV, BP 60057, F-49071 Beaucouzé, France
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- La Trobe University, Department of Botany, Bundoora, Vic. 3086, Australia
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Pfender WF, Saha MC, Johnson EA, Slabaugh MB. Mapping with RAD (restriction-site associated DNA) markers to rapidly identify QTL for stem rust resistance in Lolium perenne. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011; 122:1467-80. [PMID: 21344184 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1546-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A mapping population was created to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola in Lolium perenne. A susceptible and a resistant plant were crossed to produce a pseudo-testcross population of 193 F(1) individuals. Markers were produced by the restriction-site associated DNA (RAD) process, which uses massively parallel and multiplexed sequencing of reduced-representation libraries. Additional simple sequence repeat (SSR) and sequence-tagged site (STS) markers were combined with the RAD markers to produce maps for the female (738 cM) and male (721 cM) parents. Stem rust phenotypes (number of pustules per plant) were determined in replicated greenhouse trials by inoculation with a field-collected, genetically heterogeneous population of urediniospores. The F(1) progeny displayed continuous distribution of phenotypes and transgressive segregation. We detected three resistance QTL. The most prominent QTL (qLpPg1) is located near 41 cM on linkage group (LG) 7 with a 2-LOD interval of 8 cM, and accounts for 30-38% of the stem rust phenotypic variance. QTL were detected also on LG1 (qLpPg2) and LG6 (qLpPg3), each accounting for approximately 10% of phenotypic variance. Alleles of loci closely linked to these QTL originated from the resistant parent for qLpPg1 and from both parents for qLpPg2 and qLpPg3. Observed quantitative nature of the resistance may be due to partial-resistance effects against all pathogen genotypes, or qualitative effects completely preventing infection by only some genotypes in the genetically mixed inoculum. RAD markers facilitated rapid construction of new genetic maps in this outcrossing species and will enable development of sequence-based markers linked to stem rust resistance in L. perenne.
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- W F Pfender
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, USDA-ARS Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Oregon State University, 3450 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Genetic mapping of 14 avirulence genes in an EU-B04×1639 progeny of Venturia inaequalis. Fungal Genet Biol 2011; 48:166-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/05/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Bowen JK, Mesarich CH, Bus VGM, Beresford RM, Plummer KM, Templeton MD. Venturia inaequalis: the causal agent of apple scab. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2011; 12:105-22. [PMID: 21199562 PMCID: PMC6640350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00656.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED The fungus Venturia inaequalis infects members of the Maloideae, and causes the disease apple scab, the most important disease of apple worldwide. The early elucidation of the gene-for-gene relationship between V. inaequalis and its host Malus has intrigued plant pathologists ever since, with the identification of 17 resistance (R)-avirulence (Avr) gene pairings. The Avr gene products are presumably a subset of the total effector arsenal of V. inaequalis (predominantly proteins secreted in planta assumed to facilitate infection). The supposition that effectors from V. inaequalis act as suppressors of plant defence is supported by the ability of the pathogen to penetrate the cuticle and differentiate into large pseudoparenchymatous structures, termed stromata, in the subcuticular space, without the initiation of an effective plant defence response. If effectors can be identified that are essential for pathogenicity, the corresponding R genes will be durable and would add significant value to breeding programmes. An R gene cluster in Malus has been cloned, but no V. inaequalis effectors have been characterized at the molecular level. However, the identification of effectors is likely to be facilitated by the resolution of the whole genome sequence of V. inaequalis. TAXONOMY Teleomorph: Venturia inaequalis Cooke (Wint.); Kingdom Fungi; Phylum Ascomycota; Subphylum Euascomycota; Class Dothideomycetes; Family Venturiaceae; genus Venturia; species inaequalis. Anamorph: Fusicladium pomi (Fr.) Lind or Spilocaea pomi (Fr.). LIFE CYCLE: V. inaequalis is a hemibiotroph and overwinters as pseudothecia (sexual fruiting bodies) following a phase of saprobic growth in fallen leaf tissues. The primary inoculum consists of ascospores, which germinate and penetrate the cuticle. Stromata are formed above the epidermal cells but do not penetrate them. Cell wall-degrading enzymes are only produced late in the infection cycle, raising the as yet unanswered question as to how V. inaequalis gains nutrients from the host. Conidia (secondary inoculum) arise from the upper surface of the stromata, and are produced throughout the growing season, initiating multiple rounds of infection. VENTURIA INAEQUALIS AS A MODEL PATHOGEN OF A WOODY HOST: V. inaequalis can be cultured and is amenable to crossing in vitro, enabling map-based cloning strategies. It can be transformed readily, and functional analyses can be conducted by gene silencing. Expressed sequence tag collections are available to aid in gene identification. These will be complemented by the whole genome sequence, which, in turn, will contribute to the comparative analysis of different races of V. inaequalis and plant pathogens within the Dothideomycetes.
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- Joanna K Bowen
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Mt. Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92 169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Le Roux PMF, Khan MA, Broggini GAL, Duffy B, Gessler C, Patocchi A. Mapping of quantitative trait loci for fire blight resistance in the apple cultivars 'Florina' and 'Nova Easygro'. Genome 2011; 53:710-22. [PMID: 20924420 DOI: 10.1139/g10-047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fire blight is a devastating bacterial disease of rosaceous plants. Its damage to apple production is a major concern, since no existing control option has proven to be completely effective. Some commercial apple varieties, such as 'Florina' and 'Nova Easygro', exhibit a consistent level of resistance to fire blight. In this study, we used an F1 progeny of 'Florina' × 'Nova Easygro' to build parental genetic maps and identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to fire blight resistance. Linkage maps were constructed using a set of microsatellites and enriched with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. In parallel, progeny plants were artificially inoculated with Erwinia amylovora strain CFBP 1430 in a quarantine glasshouse. Shoot length measured 7 days after inoculation (DAI) and lesion length measured 7 and 14 DAI were used to calculate the lesion length as a percentage of the shoot length (PLL1 and PLL2, respectively). Percent lesion length data were log10-transformed (log10(PLL)) and used to perform the Kruskal-Wallis test, interval mapping (IM), and multiple QTL mapping (MQM). Two significant fire blight resistance QTLs were detected in 'Florina'. One QTL was mapped on linkage group 10 by IM and MQM; it explained 17.9% and 15.3% of the phenotypic variation by MQM with log10(PLL1) and log10(PLL2) data, respectively. A second QTL was identified on linkage group 5 by MQM with log10(PLL2) data; it explained 10.1% of the phenotypic variation. Genotyping the plants of 'Florina' pedigree with the microsatellites flanking the QTLs showed that the QTLs on linkage groups 5 and 10 were inherited from 'Jonathan' and 'Starking' (a 'Red Delicious' sport mutation), respectively. Other putative QTLs (defined as QTLs with LOD scores above the chromosomal threshold and below the genome-wide threshold) were detected by IM on linkage groups 5 and 9 of 'Nova Easygro'.
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- P-M F Le Roux
- Plant Pathology, IBZ, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Rauscher G, Simko I, Mayton H, Bonierbale M, Smart CD, Grünwald NJ, Greenland A, Fry WE. Quantitative resistance to late blight from Solanum berthaultii cosegregates with R(Pi-ber): insights in stability through isolates and environment. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 121:1553-67. [PMID: 20689906 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1410-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Genetic resistance is a valuable tool in the fight against late blight of potatoes but little is known about the stability and specificity of quantitative resistance including the effect of defeated major resistance genes. In the present study we investigated the effect of different isolates of Phytophthora infestans on the mode of action of R(Pi-ber), an R-gene originating from Solanum berthaultii. The experiments were conducted on progenies derived from two reciprocal inter-specific backcrosses of Solanum tuberosum and S. berthaultii. The plant-pathogen interaction was tested in diverse environments including field, greenhouse and growth chamber conditions. The R(Pi-ber) gene provided complete resistance against a US8 isolate of P. infestans in all trials. When isolates compatible with R(Pi-ber) were used for inoculation, a smaller, but significant resistance effect was consistently detected in the same map position as the R-gene. This indicates that this R-gene provides a residual resistance effect, and/or that additional resistance loci are located in this genomic region of chromosome X. Additional quantitative resistance loci (QRL) were identified in the analyzed progenies. While some of the QRL (such as those near TG130 on chromosome III) were effective against several isolates of the pathogen, others were isolate specific. With a single exception, the S. berthaultii alleles were associated with a decrease in disease severity. Resistance loci reported in the present study co-locate with previously reported R-genes and QRL to P. infestans and other pathogens.
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- Gilda Rauscher
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Hamon C, Baranger A, Miteul H, Lecointe R, Le Goff I, Deniot G, Onfroy C, Moussart A, Prosperi JM, Tivoli B, Delourme R, Pilet-Nayel ML. A complex genetic network involving a broad-spectrum locus and strain-specific loci controls resistance to different pathotypes of Aphanomyces euteiches in Medicago truncatula. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 120:955-70. [PMID: 20012740 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1224-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A higher understanding of genetic and genomic bases of partial resistance in plants and their diversity regarding pathogen variability is required for a more durable management of resistance genetic factors in sustainable cropping systems. In this study, we investigated the diversity of genetic factors involved in partial resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches, a very damaging pathogen on pea and alfalfa, in Medicago truncatula. A mapping population of 178 recombinant inbred lines, from the cross F83005.5 (susceptible) and DZA045.5 (resistant), was used to identify quantitative trait loci for resistance to four A. euteiches reference strains belonging to the four main pathotypes currently known on pea and alfalfa. A major broad-spectrum genomic region, previously named AER1, was localized to a reduced 440 kb interval on chromosome 3 and was involved in complete or partial resistance, depending on the A. euteiches strain. We also identified 21 additive and/or epistatic genomic regions specific to one or two strains, several of them being anchored to the M. truncatula physical map. These results show that, in M. truncatula, a complex network of genetic loci controls partial resistance to different pea and alfalfa pathotypes of A. euteiches, suggesting a diversity of molecular mechanisms underlying partial resistance.
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- Céline Hamon
- INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, UMR118, Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, 35653, Le Rheu Cedex, Rennes, France.
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Durel CE, Denancé C, Brisset MN. Two distinct major QTL for resistance to fire blight co-localize on linkage group 12 in apple genotypes 'Evereste' and Malus floribunda clone 821. Genome 2009; 52:139-47. [PMID: 19234562 DOI: 10.1139/g08-111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most destructive diseases of apple (Malus xdomestica) worldwide. No major, qualitative gene for resistance to this disease has been identified so far in apple. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis was performed in two F1 progenies derived from two controled crosses: one between the susceptible rootstock cultivar 'MM106' and the resistant ornamental cultivar 'Evereste' and the other one between the moderately susceptible cultivar 'Golden Delicious' and the wild apple Malus floribunda clone 821, with unknown level of fire blight resistance. Both progenies were inoculated in the greenhouse with the same reference strain of E. amylovora. The length of stem necrosis was scored 7 and 14 days after inoculation. A strong QTL effect was identified in both 'Evereste' and M. floribunda 821 at a similar position on the distal region of linkage group 12 of the apple genome. From 50% to 70% of the phenotypic variation was explained by the QTL in 'Evereste' progeny according to the scored trait. More than 40% of the phenotypic variation was explained by the M. floribunda QTL in the second progeny. It was shown that 'Evereste' and M. floribunda 821 carried distinct QTL alleles at that genomic position. A small additional QTL was identified in 'Evereste' on linkage group 15, which explained about 6% of the phenotypic variation. Although it was not possible to confirm whether or not 'Evereste' and M. floribunda QTL belonged to the same locus or two distinct closely related loci, these QTL can be valuable targets in marker-assisted selection to obtain fire blight resistant apple cultivars and form a starting point for discovering the function of the genes controlling apple fire blight resistance.
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- C-E Durel
- INRA Site d'Angers, UMR1259 Genetique et Horticulture (GenHort), INRA/INH/UA, IFR 149 QUASAV, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071 Beaucouze, France.
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Le Clerc V, Pawelec A, Birolleau-Touchard C, Suel A, Briard M. Genetic architecture of factors underlying partial resistance to Alternaria leaf blight in carrot. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 118:1251-1259. [PMID: 19214391 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-0978-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In most production areas, Alternaria leaf blight (ALB) is recognized as the most common and destructive foliage disease in carrot. To assess the genetic architecture of carrot ALB resistance, two parental coupling maps were developed with similar number of dominant markers (around 70), sizes (around 650 cM), densities (around 9.5 cM), and marker composition. The F(2:3) progenies were evaluated in field and tunnel for two scoring dates. The continuous distribution of the disease severity value indicated that ALB resistance is under polygenic control. Three QTLs regions were found on three linkage groups. Two of them were tunnel or field specific and were detected only at the second screening date suggesting that the expression of these two QTLs regions involved in resistance to Alternaria dauci might depend on environment and delay after infection.
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- Valérie Le Clerc
- Agrocampus Ouest-Centre d'Angers, IFR QUASAV, UMR, Angers, France.
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Rowe HC, Kliebenstein DJ. Complex genetics control natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Genetics 2008; 180:2237-50. [PMID: 18845849 PMCID: PMC2600955 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.091439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The genetic architecture of plant defense against microbial pathogens may be influenced by pathogen lifestyle. While plant interactions with biotrophic pathogens are frequently controlled by the action of large-effect resistance genes that follow classic Mendelian inheritance, our study suggests that plant defense against the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea is primarily quantitative and genetically complex. Few studies of quantitative resistance to necrotrophic pathogens have used large plant mapping populations to dissect the genetic structure of resistance. Using a large structured mapping population of Arabidopsis thaliana, we identified quantitative trait loci influencing plant response to B. cinerea, measured as expansion of necrotic lesions on leaves and accumulation of the antimicrobial compound camalexin. Testing multiple B. cinerea isolates, we identified 23 separate QTL in this population, ranging in isolate-specificity from being identified with a single isolate to controlling resistance against all isolates tested. We identified a set of QTL controlling accumulation of camalexin in response to pathogen infection that largely colocalized with lesion QTL. The identified resistance QTL appear to function in epistatic networks involving three or more loci. Detection of multilocus connections suggests that natural variation in specific signaling or response networks may control A. thaliana-B. cinerea interaction in this population.
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- Heather C Rowe
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Soufflet-Freslon V, Gianfranceschi L, Patocchi A, Durel CE. Inheritance studies of apple scab resistance and identification of Rvi14, a new major gene that acts together with other broad-spectrum QTL. Genome 2008; 51:657-67. [PMID: 18650955 DOI: 10.1139/g08-046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, is the most common disease of cultivated apple (Malus xdomestica). The fungal races 6 and 7 have now overcome the major resistance gene Vf, which is widely used in apple breeding programmes. New breeding strategies to achieve durable resistance are thus necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic basis of quantitative resistance of the apple cultivar 'Dülmener Rosenapfel', known to be scab resistant under different environmental conditions. An F1 progeny derived from the cross between the susceptible cultivar 'Gala' and 'Dülmener Rosenapfel' was tested in a greenhouse with a multi-isolate inoculum of V. inaequalis. Rvi14, a new major gene that conditions a chlorotic-type reaction, was mapped on linkage group (LG) 6 in a genomic region not known to be involved in disease resistance. A further three quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance were identified. One co-localized with Rvi14 on LG6, whereas the remaining two were detected on LG11 and LG17, in genomic regions already reported to carry broad-spectrum QTL in other genetic backgrounds. Since a selective genotyping approach was used to detect QTL, an expectation-maximization (EM) computation was used to estimate the corrected QTL contributions to phenotypic variation and was validated by entire progeny genotyping.
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Jo YK, Barker R, Pfender W, Warnke S, Sim SC, Jung G. Comparative analysis of multiple disease resistance in ryegrass and cereal crops. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2008; 117:531-43. [PMID: 18521564 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0797-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ryegrass (Lolium spp.) is among the most important forage crops in Europe and Australia and is also a popular turfgrass in North America. Previous genetic analysis based on a three-generation interspecific (L. perennexL. multiflorum) ryegrass population identified four quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for resistance to gray leaf spot (Magneporthe grisea) and four QTLs for resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata). The current analysis based on the same mapping population detected seven QTLs for resistance to leaf spot (Bipolaris sorokiniana) and one QTL for resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis) in ryegrass for the first time. Three QTLs for leaf spot resistance on linkage groups (LGs) 2 and 4 were in regions of conserved synteny to the positions of resistance to net blotch (Drechslera teres) in barley (Hordeum vulgare). One ryegrass genomic region spanning 19 cM on LG 4, which contained three QTLs for resistance to leaf spot, gray leaf spot, and stem rust, had a syntenic relationship with a segment of rice chromosome 3, which contained QTLs for resistance to multiple diseases. However, at the genome-wide comparison based on 72 common RFLP markers between ryegrass and cereals, coincidence of QTLs for disease resistance to similar fungal pathogens was not statistically significant.
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- Young-Ki Jo
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Malnoy M, Xu M, Borejsza-Wysocka E, Korban SS, Aldwinckle HS. Two receptor-like genes, Vfa1 and Vfa2, confer resistance to the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis inciting apple scab disease. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2008; 21:448-58. [PMID: 18321190 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-21-4-0448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The Vf locus, originating from the crabapple species Malus floribunda 821, confers resistance to five races of the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, the causal agent of apple scab disease. Previously, a cluster of four receptor-like genes, Vfa1, Vfa2, Vfa3, and Vfa4, was identified within the Vf locus. Because the amino-acid sequence of Vfa3 is truncated, it was deemed nonfunctional. In this study, each of the three full-length Vfa genes was introduced into a plant cloning vector, pCAMBIA2301, and used for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of two apple cultivars, Galaxy and McIntosh, to assess functionality of these genes and to characterize their roles in resistance to V. inaequalis. Transformed apple lines carrying each of Vfa1, Vfa2, or Vfa4 were developed, analyzed for the presence of the transgene using polymerase chain reaction and Southern blotting, and assayed for resistance to apple scab following inoculation with V. inaequalis. Transformed lines expressing Vfa4 were found to be susceptible to apple scab, whereas those expressing either Vfa1 or Vfa2 exhibited partial resistance to apple scab. Based on Western blot analysis as well as microscopic analysis of plant resistance reactions, the roles of Vfa1 and Vfa2 in apple scab disease resistance response are discussed.
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- Mickael Malnoy
- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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Xu X, Yang J, Thakur V, Roberts A, Barbara DJ. Population Variation of Apple Scab (Venturia inaequalis) Isolates from Asia and Europe. PLANT DISEASE 2008; 92:247-252. [PMID: 30769384 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-92-2-0247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Apple scab, caused by Venturia inaequalis, is one of the most of damaging diseases worldwide on apple and currently is managed mainly by scheduled applications of fungicides. Understanding pathogen population structure is important for breeding and deployment of resistant cultivars. Isolates of V. inaequalis were sampled from a number of cultivars in China, India, and the United Kingdom to estimate differences in pathogen populations. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers were used to genotype isolates, mostly from China and the United Kingdom. The AFLP data indicated that, overall, there were significant differences in V. inaequalis populations from China and the United Kingdom. Within China, there was no significant differentiation associated with their geographical or cultivar origins. In contrast, populations from four cultivars in two U.K. orchards (monoculture of Gala and a mixture orchard of Bramley, Cox, and Worcester) differed significantly. Furthermore, populations from Gala and Worcester were more homogenous than expected but those from Cox were more diverse than expected. In total, 80 isolates were selected randomly from three countries for virulence testing: 20 from the United Kingdom (10 from Gala and 10 from Cox), 30 from China (10 from Gala, 10 from Fuji, and 10 from Qingquan), and 30 from India (10 from Gala, 10 from Golden Delicious, and 10 from Black Ben Davis); of these 80 isolates, 41, 47, and 59 were inoculated against each of these cultivars in the United Kingdom, India, and China, respectively. The two local cultivars from India (Black Ben Davis) and the United Kingdom (Cox) were more resistant against non-indigenous isolates, particularly those from China, than they were against indigenous isolates; the Chinese local cultivar (Qingguan) showed a higher general level of resistance against isolates regardless of their origin.
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- Xiangming Xu
- East Malling Research, East Malling, West Malling, Kent, UK
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- Institute of Crop Protection, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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- Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Regional Horticultural Research Station, Mashobra, Shimla-171007 (HP), India
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- East Malling Research, New Road, East Malling, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK
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Koopman WJM, Li Y, Coart E, van de Weg WE, Vosman B, Roldán-Ruiz I, Smulders MJM. Linked vs unlinked markers: multilocus microsatellite haplotype-sharing as a tool to estimate gene flow and introgression. Mol Ecol 2007; 16:243-56. [PMID: 17217342 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03137.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We have explored the use of multilocus microsatellite haplotypes to study introgression from cultivated (Malus domestica) into wild apple (Malus sylvestris), and to study gene flow among remnant populations of M. sylvestris. A haplotype consisted of alleles at microsatellite loci along one chromosome. As destruction of haplotypes through recombination occurs much faster than loss of alleles due to genetic drift, the lifespan of a multilocus haplotype is much shorter than that of the underlying alleles. When different populations share the same haplotype, this may indicate recent gene flow between populations. Similarly, haplotypes shared between two species would be a strong signal for introgression. As the expected lifespan of a haplotype depends on the strength of the linkage, the length [in centiMorgans (cM)] of the haplotype shared contains information on the number of generations passed. This application of shared haplotypes is distinct from using haplotype-sharing to detect association between markers and a certain trait. We inferred haplotypes for four to eight microsatellite loci on Linkage Group 10 of apple from genotype data using the program phase, and then identified those haplotypes shared between populations and species. Compared with a Bayesian analysis of unlinked microsatellite loci using the program structure, haplotype-sharing detected a partially different set of putative hybrids. Cultivated haplotypes present in M. sylvestris were short (< 1.5 cM), indicating that introgression had taken place many generations ago, except for two Belgian plants that contained a haplotype of 47.1 cM, indicating recent introgression. In the estimation of gene flow, F(ST) based on unlinked loci indicated small (0.032-0.058) but statistically significant differentiation between some populations only. However, various M. sylvestris haplotypes were shared in nearly all pairwise comparisons of populations, and their length indicated recent gene flow. Hence, all Dutch populations should be considered as one conservation unit. The added value of using sharing of multilocus microsatellite haplotypes as a source of population genetic information is discussed.
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- Wim J M Koopman
- Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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