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Kaur N, Lozada DN, Bhatta M, Barchenger DW, Khokhar ES, Nourbakhsh SS, Sanogo S. Insights into the genetic architecture of Phytophthora capsici root rot resistance in chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) from multi-locus genome-wide association study. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:416. [PMID: 38760676 PMCID: PMC11100198 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05097-2] [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: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Phytophthora root rot, a major constraint in chile pepper production worldwide, is caused by the soil-borne oomycete, Phytophthora capsici. This study aimed to detect significant regions in the Capsicum genome linked to Phytophthora root rot resistance using a panel consisting of 157 Capsicum spp. genotypes. Multi-locus genome wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers derived from genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Individual plants were separately inoculated with P. capsici isolates, 'PWB-185', 'PWB-186', and '6347', at the 4-8 leaf stage and were scored for disease symptoms up to 14-days post-inoculation. Disease scores were used to calculate disease parameters including disease severity index percentage, percent of resistant plants, area under disease progress curve, and estimated marginal means for each genotype. RESULTS Most of the genotypes displayed root rot symptoms, whereas five accessions were completely resistant to all the isolates and displayed no symptoms of infection. A total of 55,117 SNP markers derived from GBS were used to perform multi-locus GWAS which identified 330 significant SNP markers associated with disease resistance. Of these, 56 SNP markers distributed across all the 12 chromosomes were common across the isolates, indicating association with more durable resistance. Candidate genes including nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR), systemic acquired resistance (SAR8.2), and receptor-like kinase (RLKs), were identified within 0.5 Mb of the associated markers. CONCLUSIONS Results will be used to improve resistance to Phytophthora root rot in chile pepper by the development of Kompetitive allele-specific markers (KASP®) for marker validation, genomewide selection, and marker-assisted breeding.
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- Navdeep Kaur
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
- Current address: Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
- Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
- Department of Extension Plant Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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Martina M, De Rosa V, Magon G, Acquadro A, Barchi L, Barcaccia G, De Paoli E, Vannozzi A, Portis E. Revitalizing agriculture: next-generation genotyping and -omics technologies enabling molecular prediction of resilient traits in the Solanaceae family. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1278760. [PMID: 38375087 PMCID: PMC10875072 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1278760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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This review highlights -omics research in Solanaceae family, with a particular focus on resilient traits. Extensive research has enriched our understanding of Solanaceae genomics and genetics, with historical varietal development mainly focusing on disease resistance and cultivar improvement but shifting the emphasis towards unveiling resilience mechanisms in genebank-preserved germplasm is nowadays crucial. Collecting such information, might help researchers and breeders developing new experimental design, providing an overview of the state of the art of the most advanced approaches for the identification of the genetic elements laying behind resilience. Building this starting point, we aim at providing a useful tool for tackling the global agricultural resilience goals in these crops.
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- Matteo Martina
- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Plant Genetics, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (DI4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Plant Genetics, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Plant Genetics, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (DI4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Plant Genetics, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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McLeod L, Barchi L, Tumino G, Tripodi P, Salinier J, Gros C, Boyaci HF, Ozalp R, Borovsky Y, Schafleitner R, Barchenger D, Finkers R, Brouwer M, Stein N, Rabanus-Wallace MT, Giuliano G, Voorrips R, Paran I, Lefebvre V. Multi-environment association study highlights candidate genes for robust agronomic quantitative trait loci in a novel worldwide Capsicum core collection. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:1508-1528. [PMID: 37602679 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Investigating crop diversity through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on core collections helps in deciphering the genetic determinants of complex quantitative traits. Using the G2P-SOL project world collection of 10 038 wild and cultivated Capsicum accessions from 10 major genebanks, we assembled a core collection of 423 accessions representing the known genetic diversity. Since complex traits are often highly dependent upon environmental variables and genotype-by-environment (G × E) interactions, multi-environment GWAS with a 10 195-marker genotypic matrix were conducted on a highly diverse subset of 350 Capsicum annuum accessions, extensively phenotyped in up to six independent trials from five climatically differing countries. Environment-specific and multi-environment quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected for 23 diverse agronomic traits. We identified 97 candidate genes potentially implicated in 53 of the most robust and high-confidence QTLs for fruit flavor, color, size, and shape traits, and for plant productivity, vigor, and earliness traits. Investigating the genetic architecture of agronomic traits in this way will assist the development of genetic markers and pave the way for marker-assisted selection. The G2P-SOL pepper core collection will be available upon request as a unique and universal resource for further exploitation in future gene discovery and marker-assisted breeding efforts by the pepper community.
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- Louis McLeod
- INRAE, GAFL, Montfavet, France
- INRAE, A2M, Montfavet, France
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Plant Genetics, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
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- Bati Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), Antalya, Türkiye
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- The Volcani Center, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Vegetable Diversity and Improvement, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Taiwan
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- Vegetable Diversity and Improvement, World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Taiwan
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Corre, Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Crop Sciences, Center for Integrated Breeding Research, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Casaccia Research Centre, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Rome, Italy
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- The Volcani Center, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon LeZion, Israel
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Hou Y, Ma YL, Wang XM, Cheng GX. Assessment of soil property in the Guyuan region from Ningxia Province of China and prediction of pepper blight. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293173. [PMID: 37983219 PMCID: PMC10659199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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Soil quality is an important determinant of soil-use efficiency in the Loess Plateau. However, there is no in-depth study on the soil quality of the Loess Plateau. The present study compared the quality of the 0-20 cm soil layer (T0-20) and the 20-40 cm soil layer (T20-40) from the Guyuan region located in the Loess Plateau. The analysis revealed that T0-20 had a higher content of total N, total P, available P, and organic matter, and the activities of microbial enzymes, especially β-grape-glycosidase (β-GC) and sucrase (SC), than T20-40, indicating that soil quality in T0-20 was better than T20-40. Amplicon sequencing found that Pseudombrophila from Ascomycota was the most abundant microbial species and significantly differed between T0-20 (34.2%) and T20-40 (48.7%). This species and another 19 microbial species, such as Ceratobasidiaceae and Mortierellaceae, determined the diversity of soil microorganism. Further analysis of the phenotype and other parameters of pepper seedlings subjected to P. capsici infection isolated from test soil revealed that decreased organic matter content in deep soil layer is related to happening of pepper blight, and 3 h after infection was the critical time point for infection. The peroxidase (POD) activity increased after P. capsici infection and was positively correlated with infection time, suggesting this enzyme may be an indicator of pepper blight occurrence. These findings provide a theoretical foundation for planning pepper blight management and crop cultivation strategies in the Guyuan region.
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- Yi Hou
- School of Wine and Horticulture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, P. R. China
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- School of Wine and Horticulture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, P. R. China
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- School of Wine and Horticulture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, P. R. China
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- School of Wine and Horticulture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, P. R. China
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Quesada-Ocampo LM, Parada-Rojas CH, Hansen Z, Vogel G, Smart C, Hausbeck MK, Carmo RM, Huitema E, Naegele RP, Kousik CS, Tandy P, Lamour K. Phytophthora capsici: Recent Progress on Fundamental Biology and Disease Management 100 Years After Its Description. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 61:185-208. [PMID: 37257056 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021622-103801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Phytophthora capsici is a destructive oomycete pathogen of vegetable, ornamental, and tropical crops. First described by L.H. Leonian in 1922 as a pathogen of pepper in New Mexico, USA, P. capsici is now widespread in temperate and tropical countries alike. Phytophthora capsici is notorious for its capability to evade disease management strategies. High genetic diversity allows P. capsici populations to overcome fungicides and host resistance, the formation of oospores results in long-term persistence in soils, zoospore differentiation in the presence of water increases epidemic potential, and a broad host range maximizes economic losses and limits the effectiveness of crop rotation. The severity of disease caused by P. capsici and management challenges have led to numerous research efforts in the past 100 years. Here, we discuss recent findings regarding the biology, genetic diversity, disease management, fungicide resistance, host resistance, genomics, and effector biology of P. capsici.
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- L M Quesada-Ocampo
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and NC Plant Sciences Initiative, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA;
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and NC Plant Sciences Initiative, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA;
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
- James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Sugarbeet and Bean Research Unit, USDA, ARS, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- US Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Bongiorno G, Di Noia A, Ciancaleoni S, Marconi G, Cassibba V, Albertini E. Development and Application of a Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence Marker ( Phyto) Linked to the Pc5.1 Locus Conferring Resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2757. [PMID: 37570909 PMCID: PMC10421461 DOI: 10.3390/plants12152757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Phytophthora capsici causes destructive disease in several crop species, including pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Resistance in this species is physiologically and genetically complex due to many P. capsici virulence phenotypes and different QTLs and R genes among the identified resistance sources. Several primer pairs were designed to follow an SNP (G/A) within the CA_011264 locus linked to the Pc5.1 locus. All primer pairs were designed on DNA sequences derived from CaDMR1, a homoserine kinase (HSK), which is a gene candidate responsible for the major QTL on chromosome P5 for resistance to P. capsici. A panel of 69 pepper genotypes from the Southern Seed germplasm collection was used to screen the primer pairs designed. Of these, two primers (Phyto_for_2 and Phyto_rev_2) surrounding the SNP proved successful in discriminating susceptible and resistant genotypes when combined with a restriction enzyme (BtgI). This new marker (called Phyto) worked as expected in all genotypes tested, proving to be an excellent candidate for marker-assisted selection in breeding programs aimed at introgressing the resistant locus into pure lines.
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- Giacomo Bongiorno
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
- Progene Seed s.s.a., 97019 Vittoria, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
- Southern Seed s.r.l., 97019 Vittoria, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.N.); (S.C.); (G.M.); (V.C.)
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Wang B, Zhang G, Yang J, Li L, Li P, Xu S, Feng X, Chen Y. Evaluation of Inhibitory Effect and Mechanism of Euphorbia Factor L3 against Phytophthora capsici. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28072958. [PMID: 37049722 PMCID: PMC10096396 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28072958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Phytophthora capsici is a highly destructive phytopathogenic oomycete with a broad host range and is responsible for tremendous losses. Euphorbia factor L3 (EFL3) is a natural plant-derived compound that has been widely studied in medicine and cosmetic applications. In this study, the sensitivity of 105 P. capsici isolates to EFL3 was determined, and the biological activity and physiological effects of EFL3 against P. capsici were investigated. The median effective concentration (EC50) values for EFL3 inhibition mycelial growth and spore germination ranged from 0.66 to 8.94 μg/mL (mean, 2.96 ± 0.91 μg/mL) and 1.63 to 13.16 μg/mL (mean, 5.30 ± 1.64 μg/mL), respectively. EFL3 treatment resulted in cell wall and cell membrane damage of P. capsici, which was revealed by morphological and ultrastructural observations, propidium iodide (PI) and calcofluor white (CFW) staining, and measurements of relative conductivity as well as malondialdehyde (MDA) and glycerol contents. In addition, the contents of phospholipid and cellulose, which are the major components of cell membrane and cell wall, were significantly reduced following EFL3 treatment. Furthermore, EFL3 provided protective as well as curative efficacies against P. capsici on detached tomato leaves and pepper seedlings in vivo. These data show that EFL3 exhibits strong inhibitory activity against P. capsici, thereby suggesting that it could be an effective alternative for controlling P. capsici-induced diseases.
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Zhang Z, Cao Y, Wang Y, Yu H, Wu H, Liu J, An D, Zhu Y, Feng X, Zhang B, Wang L. Development and validation of KASP markers for resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Capsicum annuum L. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:20. [PMID: 37313294 PMCID: PMC10248700 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01367-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Resistance of Capsicum annuum to Phytophthora blight is dependent on the genetic background of the resistance source and the Phytophthora capsici isolate, which poses challenges for development of generally applicable molecular markers for marker-assisted selection. In this study, the resistance to P. capsici of C. annuum was genetically mapped to chromosome 5 within a 1.68-Mb interval by genome-wide association study analysis of 237 accessions. In this candidate region, 30 KASP markers were developed using genome resequencing data for a P. capsici-resistant line (0601 M) and a susceptible line (77,013). Seven of these KASP markers, located in the coding region of a probable leucine-rich repeats receptor-like serine/threonine-protein kinase gene (Capana05g000704), were validated in the 237 accessions, which showed an average accuracy of 82.7%. The genotyping of the seven KASP markers strongly corresponded with the phenotype of 42 individual plants in a pedigree family (PC83-163) developed from the P. capsici-resistant line CM334. This research provides a set of efficient and high-throughput KASP markers for marker-assisted selection of resistance to P. capsici in C. annuum. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-023-01367-3.
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- Zhenghai Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Physiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, 100081 China
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Ziv C, Lers A, Fallik E, Paran I. Genetic and biotechnological tools to identify breeding targets for improving postharvest quality and extending shelf life of peppers. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 78:102794. [PMID: 36095994 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Improved postharvest storage is a major target for pepper-crop production. The three main components of postharvest improvement of pepper fruit are reducing water-loss rate, reducing chilling susceptibility, and increasing resistance to pathogens. To date, a small number of Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) studies have been reported for reduced water loss and enhanced tolerance to chilling and anthracnose. More effort is needed to screen germplasm collections for accessions with improved postharvest traits. Molecular studies have enabled the identification of candidate genes conferring reduced susceptibility to chilling injury and pathogen infection in pepper fruit, and in related crops such as tomato - which may be implemented in pepper. Manipulation of the activity of these genes by genome editing can improve postharvest pepper quality.
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- Carmit Ziv
- Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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