title: Identification of QTL in soybean underlying resistance to herbivory by Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica, Newman).
abstract: Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] was one of the most important legume crops in the world in 2010. Japanese beetles (JB; Popillia japonica, Newman) in the US were an introduced and potentially damaging insect pest for soybean. JBs are likely to spread across the US if global warming occurs. Resistance to JB in soybean was previously reported only in plant introductions. The aims here were to identify loci underlying resistance to JB herbivory in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from the cross of Essex x Forrest cultivars (EF94) and to correlate those with loci with factors that confer insect resistance in soybean cultivars. The RIL population was used to map 413 markers, 238 satellite markers and 177 other DNA markers. Field data were from two environments over 2 years. Pest severity (PS) measured defoliation on a 0-9 scale. Pest incidence (PI) was the percentage of plants within each RIL with beetles on them. Antibiosis and antixenosis data were from feeding assays with detached leaves in petri plates. Five QTL were detected for the mean PS field trait (16% < R (2) < 27%). The loci were within the intervals Satt632-A2D8 on linkage group (LG) A2 (chromosome 8); Satt583-Satt415 on LG B1 (11); Satt009-Satt530 on LG N (3); and close to two markers OB02_140 (LG E; 20 cM from Satt572) and OZ15_150 LG (19 cM from Satt291 C2). Two QTL were detected for the mean PI field trait (16% < R (2) < 18%) close to Satt385 on LG A1 and Satt440 on LG I. The no choice feeding studies detected three QTL that were significant; two for antixenosis (22% < R (2) < 24%) between Satt632-A2D8 on LG A2 (8) and Sat_039-Satt160 on LG F (13); and a major locus effect (R (2) = 54%) for antibiosis on LG D2 (17) between Satt464-Satt488. Therefore, loci underlying resistance to JB herbivory were a mixture of major and minor gene effects. Some loci were within regions underlying resistance to soybean cyst nematode (LGs A2 and I) and root knot nematode (LG F) but not other major loci underlying resistance to nematode or insect pests (LGs G, H and M).
authors.affiliation: Plant Biotechnology and Genomics Core-Facility, Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Yesudas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lightfoot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*; D007178:Inbreeding; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant
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