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Powdery Mildew Resistance in Barley Landraces from Morocco

JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 5 2000
J. H. Czembor
Nineteen barley landraces collected from Morocco were screened for resistance to powdery mildew. The landraces originated from the collection at the Polish Gene Bank, IHAR Radzików, Poland. The fifteen landraces tested showed powdery mildew resistance reactions and 35 single plant lines were selected. Twenty-one of these lines were tested in the seedling stage with 30, four lines with 17 and another 10 lines with 23 differential isolates of powdery mildew, respectively. The isolates were chosen according to their virulence spectra observed on the Pallas isolines differential set. Nine lines (E 1029-1-1, E 1042-2-2, E 1050-1-1, E 1054-5-1, E 1056-2-5, E 1056-3-1, E 1061-1-1, E 1061-1-3 and E 1067-1-2) which originated from seven landraces showed resistance to all prevalent European powdery mildew virulence genes. The most frequent score was 2 and 16 lines showed this reaction for inoculation with most isolates used. The distribution of reaction type indicated that about 77% of all reaction types observed were classified as powdery mildew resistance (scores 0, 1 and 2). In all lines the presence of unknown genes alone or in combinations with specific ones was postulated. Four different resistance alleles (Mlat, Mla6, Mla14 and Mla12) were postulated to be present in 10 tested lines alone or in combination. Alleles Mlat, Mla6 and Mla14 were postulated to be present in four and Mla12 in two tested lines, respectively. The value of barley landraces for diversification of resistance genes for powdery mildew is discussed. Zusammenfassung Neunzehn Gerstenlandrassen aus Marokko wurden auf ihre Resistenz gegenüber dem Echten Mehltau untersucht. Diese Landrassen wurden in der Sammlung der Polish Gene Bank, IHAR, Radzikow, Polen aufbewahrt. Fünfzehn der geprüften Rassen zeigten Echte Mehltau-Resistenz und davon wurden 35 einzelne Pflanzenlinien selektiert. 21 dieser Linien wurden als Sämlinge gegenüber 30, 4 Linien gegenüber 17 und weitere 10 Linien gegenüber 23 differentialen Echten Mehltau-Isolaten geprüft. Diese Isolate wurden an Hand von ihren Virulenzspektren bei dem Pallas-Isoline-Differential-Set ausgewählt. Bei 9 Linien (E 1029-1-1, E 1042-2-2, E 1050-1-1, E 1054-5-1,E1056-2-5, E 10456-3-1, E 1061-1, E 1061-1-3 sowie E 1067-1-2), die von 7 Landrassen stammten, konnte eine Resistenz gegenüber allen bedeutenden europäischen Virulenzgenen festgestellt werden. Am häufigsten wurde die Resistenznote 2 vergeben, 16 Linien zeigten diese Reaktion nach einer Inokulation mit den meisten angewandten Isolaten. Die Verteilung des Reaktionstyps deutete daraufhin, dass ca. 77% der beobachteten Reaktionstypen als Echte Mehltau-Resistenz (die Note 0,1 und 2) eingestuft werden konnten. Das Vorkommen von unbekannten Genen, ob alleine oder in Kombination mit einem spezifischen Gen, wurde in allen Linien postuliert. Ebenfalls postuliert wurde das Vorhandensein von vier unterschiedlichen Resistenzallelen (Mlat, Mla6, Mla14 und Mla12), entweder alleine oder in Kombinationen, in den 10 geprüften Linien. Die Allele Mlat, Mla6 und Mla14 wurden in 4, das Allel Mla12 in 2 der getesteten Linien postuliert. Die Relevanz von Landrassen in der Erweiterung von Resitenzgenen gegenüber dem Echten Mehltau in der Gerste wird diskutiert. [source]


Characterization of new microsatellite markers in mung bean, Vigna radiata (L.)

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, Issue 4 2006
JAE-GYUN GWAG
Abstract The present work reports the isolation and characterization of new polymorphic microsatellites in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.). Of 93 designed primer pairs, seven were found to amplify polymorphic microsatellite loci, which were then characterized using 34 mung bean accessions. The number of alleles ranged from two to five alleles per locus with an average of three alleles. Observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0 to 0.088 and from 0.275 to 0.683, respectively. All seven loci showed significant deviations from Hardy,Weinberg equilibrium, whereas only one pairwise combination (GBssr-MB77 and GBssr-MB91) exhibited significant departure from linkage disequilibrium. These newly developed markers are currently being utilized for diversity assessment within the mung bean germplasm collection of the Korean Gene Bank. [source]


Determination of self-incompatible genotypes in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) accessions and cultivars of the German Fruit Gene Bank and from private collections

PLANT BREEDING, Issue 5 2007
M. Schuster
Abstract Sweet cherries are self-incompatible because of a gametophytic self-incompatibility system. S alleles in the style and pollen determine the crossing relationships. Knowledge of the S allele constitution of cultivars is very important for cherry growers and breeders, and recently, molecular methods have been developed to distinguish the S alleles in sweet cherries. The S allele genotypes of 149 sweet cherry cultivars and clones, including 126 not previously genotyped, were determined by using PCR analysis. Thirteen different S alleles in 40 combinations were distinguished and nine new incompatibility groups were documented. Two new S alleles were identified in five local sweet cherry processing cultivars from southwestern Germany using the second intron primers. The sequence of these alleles was determined and compared to all known sequences available in the NCBI database. The sequences obtained showed high similarities to the alleles S19 and S22, previously described only in wild cherries, Prunus avium L. [source]


Analysis of the morphological attributes of a sweetpotato collection

ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, Issue 2 2010
M.M. Manifesto
The knowledge about the distribution of descriptors of a collection constitutes a useful tool for the management of genetic resources. The object of this work was to evaluate the composition and morphological characterisation of the ,in vitro' collection kept at the Gene Bank of the Biological Resources Institute (IRB), INTA Castelar, Argentina, to establish conservation criteria and make available useful data for breeding programmes. This collection, comprising 310 sweetpotato clones, includes landraces, worldwide clones, commercial varieties and breeding material. The descriptors, which presented the highest correlation values, were leaf lobe types, the shape of central leaf lobes and general leaf outline. Cluster analyses showed eight major groups with an average similarity of 0.42 (SE ± 0.005). About 76% of the clones presented unique morphology, whereas 34% of them were distributed in 22 groups that could not be distinguished with this technique. Worldwide germplasm formed a separate group with values of diversity higher than those of the Argentinean clones and no duplicates. A projection of the phenotypic variation among cultivars was obtained through Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoorA), which confirmed the results obtained by UPGMA analysis, predominant skin colour, secondary skin colour, number of leaf lobes, general leaf outline, petiole pigmentation and predominant colour of vine were the variables that made the highest contribution. Collection composition in reference to flesh and skin colour was also analysed. [source]