title: Development of somatic hybrids Solanum × michoacanum Bitter. (Rydb.) (+) S. tuberosum L. and autofused 4x S. × michoacanum plants as potential sources of late blight resistance for potato breeding.
abstract: Phytophthora infestans resistant somatic hybrids of S. × michoacanum (+) S. tuberosum and autofused 4 x S. × michoacanum were obtained. Our material is promising to introgress resistance from S. × michoacanum into cultivated potato background. Solanum × michoacanum (Bitter.) Rydb. (mch) is a wild diploid (2n = 2x = 24) potato species derived from spontaneous cross of S. bulbocastanum and S. pinnatisectum. This hybrid is a 1 EBN (endosperm balance number) species and can cross effectively only with other 1 EBN species. Plants of mch are resistant to Phytophthora infestans (Mont) de Bary. To introgress late blight resistance genes from mch into S. tuberosum (tbr), genepool somatic hybridization between mch and susceptible diploid potato clones (2n = 2x = 24) or potato cultivar Rywal (2n = 4x = 48) was performed. In total 18,775 calli were obtained from postfusion products from which 1,482 formed shoots. The Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR), Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequences (CAPS) and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses confirmed hybrid nature of 228 plants and 116 autofused 4x mch. After evaluation of morphological features, flowering, pollen stainability, tuberization and ploidy level, 118 somatic hybrids and 116 autofused 4x mch were tested for late blight resistance using the detached leaf assay. After two seasons of testing three somatic hybrids and 109 4x mch were resistant. Resistant forms have adequate pollen stainability for use in crossing programme and are a promising material useful for introgression resistance from mch into the cultivated potato background.
authors.affiliation: Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute-National Research Institute (IHAR-PIB), Młochów Research Centre, Platanowa 19, 05831, Młochów, Poland. p.smyda@ihar.edu.pl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smyda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jakuczun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dębski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sliwka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thieme
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nachtigall
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wasilewicz-Flis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zimnoch-Guzowska
mesh_terms: D001947:Breeding; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D055750:Phytophthora infestans / Q000502:physiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D011523:Protoplasts / Q000378:metabolism; D012038:Regeneration; D032322:Solanum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers