Mildew Resistance (mildew + resistance)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Kinds of Mildew Resistance

  • powdery mildew resistance

  • Terms modified by Mildew Resistance

  • mildew resistance gene

  • Selected Abstracts


    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]


    Expression analysis of genes induced in barley after chemical activation reveals distinct disease resistance pathways

    MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, Issue 5 2000
    Katrin Beßer
    Salicylic acid (SA) and its synthetic mimics 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid (DCINA) and benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH), protect barley systemically against powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei, Bgh) infection by strengthening plant defence mechanisms that result in effective papillae and host cell death. Here, we describe the differential expression of a number of newly identified barley chemically induced (BCI) genes encoding a lipoxygenase (BCI-1), a thionin (BCI-2), an acid phosphatase (BCI-3), a Ca2+ -binding EF-hand protein (BCI-4), a serine proteinase inhibitor (BCI-7), a fatty acid desaturase (BCI-8) and several further proteins with as yet unknown function. Compared with SA, the chemicals DCINA and BTH were more potent inducers of both gene expression and resistance. Homologues of four BCI genes were detected in wheat and were also differentially regulated upon chemical activation of disease resistance. Except for BCI-4 and BCI-5 (unknown function), the genes were also induced by exogenous application of jasmonates, whereas treatments that raise endogenous jasmonates as well as wounding were less effective. The fact that BCI genes were not expressed during incompatible barley,Bgh interactions governed by gene-for-gene relationships suggests the presence of separate pathways leading to powdery mildew resistance. [source]


    Natural genetic resources of Arabidopsis thaliana reveal a high prevalence and unexpected phenotypic plasticity of RPW8- mediated powdery mildew resistance

    NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Issue 3 2008
    Katharina Göllner
    Summary ,,Here, an approach based on natural genetic variation was adopted to analyse powdery mildew resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. ,,Accessions resistant to multiple powdery mildew species were crossed with the susceptible Col-0 ecotype and inheritance of resistance was analysed. Histochemical staining was used to visualize archetypal plant defence responses such as callose deposition, hydrogen peroxide accumulation and host cell death in a subset of these ecotypes. ,,In six accessions, resistance was likely of polygenic origin while 10 accessions exhibited evidence for a single recessively or semi-dominantly inherited resistance locus. Resistance in the latter accessions was mainly manifested at the terminal stage of the fungal life cycle by a failure of abundant conidiophore production. The resistance locus of several of these ecotypes was mapped to a genomic region containing the previously analysed atypical RPW8 powdery mildew resistance genes. Gene silencing revealed that members of the RPW8 locus were responsible for resistance to Golovinomyces orontii in seven accessions. ,,These results suggest that broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance in A. thaliana is predominantly of polygenic origin or based on RPW8 function. The findings shed new light on the natural variation of inheritance, phenotypic expression and pathogen range of RPW8 -conditioned powdery mildew resistance. [source]


    Production and characterization of an amphiploid between common wheat and Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng ex Kuo

    PLANT BREEDING, Issue 1 2009
    H. Y. Kang
    Abstract Wide crosses and synthetic amphiploids have played an important role in introgressing desirable traits from related species into cultivated wheat. Hybrids between Triticum aestivum cv. ,J-11' and Psathyrostachys huashanica were treated with colchicine, to produce a new intergeneric amphiploid (PHW-SA). The morphological characteristics of PHW-SA resembled the parent ,J-11'. PHW-SA plants have purple internodes and pubescence in the basal spikelet, inherited from the P. huashanica parent. Somatic chromosome numbers varied from 2n = 51 to 2n = 56, with 70.59% of plants having 56 chromosomes. At metaphase I, PHW-SA (2n = 56) plants showed an average of 1.15 univalents, 27.34 bivalents, 0.03 trivalents and 0.02 tetravalents per cell; complete chromosome pairing occurred in 50% of the pollen mother cells. A survey of disease resistances revealed that the stripe rust resistance from P. huashanica was expressed, but powdery mildew resistance was suppressed. The fertility of PHW-SA was 60%. [source]


    Potential for effective marker-assisted selection of three quantitative trait loci conferring adult plant resistance to powdery mildew in elite wheat breeding populations

    PLANT BREEDING, Issue 5 2006
    D. M. Tucker
    Abstract Three quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with adult plant resistance (APR) to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) in wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivar ,Massey' were mapped in a previous study. The three QTL were located on chromosomes 2A, 2B and 1B, and explained 50% of the total phenotypic variation. A 293 recombinant inbred line (RIL) breeding population (UJ) derived from the cross of ,USG 3209', a derivative of ,Massey', and ,Jaypee' was used to evaluate the potential effectiveness of marker-assisted selection (MAS) for APR. Powdery mildew severities of the 293 UJ RILs were evaluated in 2002 (F5 : 6) and 2003 (F6 : 7) under natural disease pressure in the field. The 293 RILs were also evaluated for disease severity in a 2004 (F7 : 8) greenhouse experiment using a composite of five different isolates of B. graminis. Selection of RILs possessing the QTL on chromosome 2A, and to a lesser extent, the one on chromosome 1B was effective in identifying powdery mildew resistance in both greenhouse and field experiments. Overall, selecting RILs with QTL on chromosomes 2A and 2B was most successful in identifying highly resistant RILs, which had mean mildew severities of 4.4% and 3.2% in 2002 and 2003 field experiments, respectively. Breeders implementing MAS programs for APR to powdery mildew via selection of RILs containing the two QTL on chromosomes 2A and 2B likely will obtain RILs having high levels of resistance in the field, however combining all three QTL may ensure greater durability. [source]


    Associations of simple sequence repeats with quantitative trait variation including biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in Hordeum spontaneum

    PLANT BREEDING, Issue 4 2003
    V. Ivandic
    abstract A total of 33 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) was analyzed in 52 genotypes of Hordeum spontaneum originally collected from two different soil types (Terra rossa and Basalt) at Tabigha in Israel. Data on the performance of developmental, morphological, and yield-related traits under well-watered control and water-stress conditions were available from previous experimentation, and powdery mildew susceptibility was scored. Regression analyses based on SSR allele class differences were performed. Highly significant associations were detected at the SSR loci Bmac181 (on chromosome 4H) and Bmac316 (6H) for water -stress tolerance and powdery mildew resistance, respectively. The study shows that association mapping using SSRs and genetically diverse germplasm provides an effective means of relating genotypes to complex quantitative phenotypes. [source]


    Powdery mildew resistance in Czech and Slovak barley cultivars

    PLANT BREEDING, Issue 3 2000
    A. Dreiseitl
    Abstract Fifteen powdery mildew resistance genes and the gene MlaN81 derived from ,Nepal 81'were found in 76 Czech and Slovak spring and winter barley cultivars when tested for reaction to a set of powdery mildew isolates. Nine cultivars (,Donum', ,Expres', ,Jubilant', ,Orbit', ,Primus', ,Progres', ,Stabil', ,Vladan' and ,Zlatan') are composed of lines with different resistance genes. The Mlat gene is present in nine cultivars and was transferred from the Anatolian landrace ,A-516,. The resistances derived from ,KM-1192'and ,CI 7672'were identical and designated Ml(Kr). Five winter barley cultivars possess the Ml(Bw) resistance. The winter barley line ,KM-2099'carries the mlo gene. The parental cultivar ,Palestine 10'was also tested in which the genes Mlk1, MlLa were identified. The German cultivar ,Salome', a parent of seven cultivars tested, probably carries the gene MlLa in addition to mlo and Mla7. The gene mlo6 may be present in the cultivar ,Heris'. Most of the results were confirmed by the pedigrees of the cultivars. [source]


    Molecular marker-facilitated pyramiding of different genes for powdery mildew resistance in wheat

    PLANT BREEDING, Issue 1 2000
    J. Liu
    Abstract Breeding durable resistance to pathogens and pests is a major task for modern plant breeders and pyramiding different resistance genes into a genotype is one way of achieving this. Three powdery mildew resistance gene combinations, Pm2+Pm4a, Pm2+Pm21, Pm4a+Pm21 were successfully integrated into an elite wheat cultivar ,Yang047,. Double homozygotes were selected from a small F2 population with the help of molecular markers. As the parents were near-isogenic lines (NILs) of ,Yang158,, the progenies showed good uniformity in morphological and other non-resistance agronomic traits. The present work illustrates the bright prospects for the utilization of molecular markers in breeding for host resistance. [source]


    Mapping of powdery mildew resistance genes in a newly determined accession of Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum

    ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, Issue 2 2010
    K. Teturová
    The accession PI466197 of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) with a newly identified resistance to powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei was studied with the aim to localise the genes determining resistance on a barley genetic map using DNA markers. Molecular analysis was performed in the F2 population of the cross between the winter variety ,Tiffany' and the resistant accession PI466197, consisting of 113 plants. DNA markers, 17 simple sequence repeats (SSRs), four sequence-tagged sites (STSs) and one cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker developed from the Mla locus sequence were used for genetic mapping and a two-locus model of resistance was shown. One of the resistance genes originating from H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum PI466197 was localised between the markers RGH1aE1 and Bmac0213 on the short arm of chromosome 1H, which is the position consistent with the Mla locus. The other gene was proven to be highly significantly linked with GBMS247, Bmac0134 and MWG878 on the short arm of chromosome 2H. The flanking markers were Bmac0134 and MWG878, assigned 4 and 8 cM from the resistance gene, respectively. Until now, no gene conferring powdery mildew resistance originating from H. vulgare has been located on the short arm of barley chromosome 2H. [source]