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- Title
Yield Effects of Two Southern Leaf Blight Resistance Loci in Maize Hybrids.
- Authors
Santa-Cruz, Jose H.; Kump, Kristen L.; Arellano, Consuelo; Goodman, Major M.; Krakowsky, Matthew D.; Holland, James B.; Balint-Kurti, Peter J.
- Abstract
In this study we examined the effects of two quantitative trait loci (QTL) for southern leaf blight (SLB) resistance on several agronomic traits including disease resistance and yield. B73-3B and B73-6A are two near-isogenic lines (NILs) in the background of the maize (Zea mays L.) inbred B73, each carrying one introgression (called 3B and 6A respectively) encompassing a QTL for SLB resistance. Sets of isohybrid triplets were developed by crossing B73, B73-3B, and B73-6A to several inbred lines. A subset of these triplets for which the B73-3B and/or B73-6A hybrid was significantly more SLB resistant than the B73 check hybrid was selected and assessed in multi-environment yield trials with and without disease. In the presence of SLB, 3B was associated with an approximately 3% yield increase over B73. 6A was associated with a yield advantage in the presence of SLB in specific pedigrees where the 6A resistance phenotype was highly expressed. Results suggested that both introgressions might confer a yield cost in the absence of SLB, but only introgression 6A was associated with a statistically significant reduction. We present evidence to suggest that the yield cost is associated with the resistance phenotype rather than with linkage drag.
- Subjects
CORN disease &; pest resistance genetics; CORN yields; HYBRID corn; LOCUS in plant genetics; FUNGAL diseases of plants; INTROGRESSION (Genetics); PREVENTION
- Publication
Crop Science, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 3, p882
- ISSN
0011-183X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2135/cropsci2013.08.0553