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Introgression of resistance to Columbia and Northern root-knot nematodes fromSolanum bulbocastanum into cultivated potato

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Resistance toMeliodogyne chitwoodi races 1 (MC1) and 2 (MC2) andM. hapla (MH) derived fromSolanum bulbocastanum was introduced into the cultivated potato gene pool through somatic fusion. The initial F1 hybrids showed resistance to the three nematodes. Resistance to reproduction on roots by MC1 was accompanied by resistance to tuber damage in F1 clones. Tuber damage sometimes occurred, however, in hybrids of BC1 progeny resistant to reproduction on roots when MC2 and MH were the challenging nematodes. Resistance to reproduction was transferred into BC1 individuals, but a greater proportion of BC1 progeny was resistant to MC1 than to MC2 or MH. Resistance to MC1 appears to be dominant and discretely inherited. F1 and BC1 progeny were pollen sterile, but seed were produced from crosses using cultivated tetraploid pollen sources. Approximately 11 and 33 per cent of pollinations produced berries on F1 and BC1 pistillate parents, respectively. Seed yield increased fourfold overall in crosses with F1 compared to BC1 individuals.

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Abbreviations

MC1:

Meloidogyne chitwoodi race 1

MC2:

Meloidogyne chitwoodi race 2

MH:

Meloidogyne hapla

Rf:

Reproductive factor

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, RR 2 Box 2953A, 99350, Prosser, WA, USA

    Charles R. Brown

  2. Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research & Extension Center, RR 2 Box 2953A, 99350, Prosser, WA, USA

    Hassan Mojtahedi & Gerald S. Santo

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Brown, C.R., Mojtahedi, H. & Santo, G.S. Introgression of resistance to Columbia and Northern root-knot nematodes fromSolanum bulbocastanum into cultivated potato. Euphytica 83, 71–78 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01677863

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