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Broadening the genetic basis of Verticillium longisporum resistance in Brassica napus by interspecific hybridization
by:In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 97, Nr. 11
(2007)
, p. 1391-1396.
Abstract
Verticillium wilt caused by the vascular fungal pathogen Verticillium
longisporum is one of the most important pathogens of oilseed rape
Brassica napus sp. oleifera in northern Europe. Because production of
this major oilseed crop is expanding rapidly and no approved fungicides
are available for V longisporum, long-term control of the disease can
only be achieved with cultivars carrying effective quantitative
resistance. However, very little resistance to V longisporum is
available within the gene pool of oilseed rape, meaning that
interspecific gene transfer from related species is the only
possibility for broadening levels of resistance in current varieties.
The amphidiploid species B. napus can be resyn-thesized by crossing the
two progenitor species Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa, hence
resistant accessions of these two diploid species can be used as
resistance donors. In this study a total of 43 potential B. rapa and B.
oleracea resistance donors were tested with regard to their reaction to
a mixture of two aggressive V longisporum isolates, and resistances
from diverse lines were combined by embryo rescue-assisted
interspecific hybridization in resynthesized rapeseed lines. Progenies
from crosses of the two B. rapa gene bank accessions 13444 and 56515 to
the B. oleracea gene bank accessions BRA 1008, CGN 14044, 8207, BRA
1398, and 7518 showed a broad spectrum of resistance in pathogenicity
tests. Of 45 tested resynthesized lines, 41 lines exhibited a
significantly higher level of resistance than the moderately V
longisporum-tolerant oilseed rape cultivar Express. These lines
represent a promising basis for the combination of different resistance
resources in new varieties.


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