Affiliation:
1. USDA Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center Fargo ND 58102‐2765 USA
2. Dep. of Plant Sciences North Dakota State Univ. Fargo ND 58108 USA
3. Ball Horticultural Company 622 Town Road West Chicago IL 60185 USA
Abstract
AbstractDowny mildew (DM), caused by the obligate pathogen Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. & de Toni, is a worldwide yield‐limiting disease of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). To obtain durable DM resistance in sunflower hybrids, there is a need to stack new resistance genes into the best available germplasm. The DM resistance genes Pl8, Pl17, and Pl18 were recently fine mapped to sunflower chromosomes 13, 4, and 2, respectively. The current study pyramided these genes into a single genotype by marker‐assisted selection. Three oilseed sunflower germplasms, HA‐DM9 (Reg. no. GP‐381, PI 700009), HA‐DM10 (Reg. no. GP‐379, PI 700004), and HA‐DM11 (Reg. no. GP‐380, PI 700005), are dual DM‐resistant germplasm lines developed and have been released by the USDA‐ARS, Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit in collaboration with the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2021. The three lines, HA‐DM9 (Pl8Pl8/Pl17Pl17), HA‐DM10 (Pl8Pl8/Pl18Pl18), and HA‐DM11 (Pl17Pl17/Pl18Pl18), each stacked two different DM genes, providing broad resistance to all P. halstedii races identified in North America and Europe so far, and can be used in sunflower breeding programs to enhance DM resistance.
Subject
Genetics,Agronomy and Crop Science
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