Login | Request Account (DAF staff only)

Discovering new alleles for yellow spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection

View Altmetrics

Dinglasan, E. G., Singh, D., Shankar, M., Afanasenko, O., Platz, G., Godwin, I. D., Voss-Fels, K. P. and Hickey, L. T. (2018) Discovering new alleles for yellow spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection. TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics., 132 (1). pp. 149-162. ISSN 0040-5752

Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link.

Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-018-3204-5

Abstract

KEY MESSAGE: GWAS detected 11 yellow spot resistance QTL in the Vavilov wheat collection. Promising adult-plant resistance loci could provide a sustainable genetic solution to yellow spot in modern wheat varieties. Yellow spot, caused by the fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr), is the most economically damaging foliar disease of wheat in Australia. Genetic resistance is considered to be the most sustainable means for disease management, yet the genomic regions underpinning resistance to Ptr, particularly adult-plant resistance (APR), remain vastly unknown. In this study, we report results of a genome-wide association study using 295 accessions from the Vavilov wheat collection which were extensively tested for response to Ptr infections in glasshouse and field trials at both seedling an adult growth stages. Combining phenotypic datasets from multiple experiments in Australia and Russia with 25,286 genome-wide, high-quality DArTseq markers, we detected a total of 11 QTL, of which 5 were associated with seedling resistance, 3 with all-stage resistance, and 3 with APR. Interestingly, the novel APR QTL were effective even in the presence of host sensitivity gene Tsn1. These genomic regions could offer broad-spectrum yellow spot protection, not just to ToxA but also other pathogenicity or virulence factors. Vavilov wheat accessions carrying APR QTL combinations displayed enhanced levels of resistance highlighting the potential for QTL stacking through breeding. We propose that the APR genetic factors discovered in our study could be used to improve resistance levels in modern wheat varieties and contribute to the sustainable control of yellow spot.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Subjects:Science > Botany > Genetics
Plant culture > Field crops > Wheat
Plant pests and diseases
Live Archive:29 Jul 2019 04:14
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:45

Repository Staff Only: item control page