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- Title
Fine mapping and characterization of Sr21, a temperature-sensitive diploid wheat resistance gene effective against the Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Ug99 race group.
- Authors
Chen, Shisheng; Rouse, Matthew; Zhang, Wenjun; Jin, Yue; Akhunov, Eduard; Wei, Yuming; Dubcovsky, Jorge
- Abstract
Key message: The diploid wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr21 confers temperature-sensitive resistance to isolates of the Ug99 group and maps to the middle of the long arm of chromosome 2A. Abstract: A race of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal pathogen of stem rust of wheat, known as Ug99, and its variants, are virulent to plants carrying stem rust resistance genes currently deployed in most wheat cultivars worldwide. Therefore, identification, mapping and deployment of effective resistance genes are critical to reduce this threat. Resistance gene Sr21 identified in diploid wheat T. monococcum can be effective against races from the Ug99 race group, but both susceptible and partial resistant reactions have been reported in previous studies. To clarify this conflicting information we screened four monogenic lines with Sr21 and four susceptible controls with 16 Pgt isolates including five isolates of the Ug99 race group under three different temperatures and three different photoperiods. We observed that, temperature influences the interaction between monogenic lines with Sr21 and Ug99 race group isolates, and may be one source of previous inconsistencies. This result indicates that, although Sr21 confers partial resistance against Ug99, its effectiveness can be modulated by environmental conditions and should not be deployed alone. Using two large diploid wheat-mapping populations (total 3,788 F plants) we mapped Sr21 approximately 50 cM from the centromere on the long arm of chromosome 2A within a 0.20 cM interval flanked by sequence-based markers FD527726 and EX594406. The closely linked markers identified in this study will be useful to reduce the T. monococcum segments introgressed into common wheat, accelerate Sr21 deployment in wheat breeding programs, and facilitate the map-based cloning of this gene.
- Subjects
WHEAT stem rusts; PLANT gene mapping; EFFECT of temperature on plants; DIPLOIDY; PUCCINIA graminis; WHEAT varieties; PLANT chromosomes
- Publication
Theoretical & Applied Genetics, 2015, Vol 128, Issue 4, p645
- ISSN
0040-5752
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00122-015-2460-x