Characterisation of powdery mildew resistance in a segregating diploid rose population.
Powdery mildew (Podosphaera pannoso) is one of the most serious fungal diseases on both greenhouse and field grown roses. Improvement of disease resistance is a major selection aim for garden rose breeders. For rose cultivars, being mostly tetraptoid, it is complicated to develop molecular markers for resistance. Hence, a segregating diploid population was established from a cross between 'Yesterday', a commercial available rose variety susceptible to powdery mildew, and R. wichurana, a rose species with resistance to certain isolates of powdery mildew. A progeny of 94 seedlings was planted in the field. The segregation of powdery mildew resistance was studied in this population by means of a bioassay with two different monoconidial isolates of powdery mildew. Based on the response to these inoculations different groups were selected: a first group of genotypes was susceptible to both isolates, other groups were susceptible to one of both isolates and a last group was resistant to both tested isolates. The disease resistance inherits for both isolates in a quantitative way. A genetic map based on AFLP and SSR markers was established and will be used for QTL analysis of powdery mildew resistance.
Hosseini Moghaddam
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ILVO, Plant Unit, Caritasstraat 21, BE-9090 Melle, Belgium.
Leus
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Muylle
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De Riek
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Van Huylenbroeck
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Van Bockstaele
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D001203:Ascomycota / Q000502:physiology*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004171:Diploidy; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D027826:Rosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology
D005819:Genetic Markers