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Genetic analysis of citrus leafminer susceptibility

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Damage caused by the citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella, is highly dependent on the citrus flushing pattern. Chemical control is only required in young trees, both in nurseries and in newly established orchards. However, this situation is completely different in countries where the causal agent of citrus canker, the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri exists. CLM infestation results in a higher incidence of citrus canker infection. Among preventive control strategies that provide environmentally sound and sustainable solutions, resistant or tolerant varieties remain the most economical means of insect control. The objective of the present study is to genetically analyse the resistance/susceptibility to CLM and two other traits that might be related, the deciduous behaviour and leaf area of the tree, in a progeny of citradias derived from the cross between two species with different CLM susceptibility—C. aurantium L. and Poncirus trifoliata—using linkage maps of each parent that include several resistance gene analogues. We detected two antibiosis and six antixenosis putative quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in a random sample of forty-two of those citradias. An important antibiosis QTL (R2=18.8–26.7%) affecting both percentage of infested leaves and number of pupal casts per leaf has been detected in P. trifoliata linkage group Pa7, which is in agreement with the CLM antibiotic character shown by this species, and independent from any segregating QTL involved in its deciduous behaviour. The maximum value for the Kruskal-Wallis statistic of the other putative antibiosis QTL coincides with marker S2-AS4_800 in sour orange linkage map. Given that the sequence of this marker is highly similar to several nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR)-type resistance genes, it might be considered as a candidate gene for insect resistance in citrus.

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This work was supported in part by grants from IVIA (GPB), INIA (SC99-047) and MCYT (AGL2002-02395). The authors thank J. Puchades and C. Ruiz for technical assistance.

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  1. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Apdo. Oficial, 46113, Moncada (Valencia), Spain

    G. P. Bernet, C. Margaix, E. A. Carbonell & M. J. Asins

  2. Departament de Ciéncies Experimentals, Universitat Jaume I, Campus del Riu Sec, 12071, Castelló de la Plana, Spain

    J. Jacas

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Bernet, G.P., Margaix, C., Jacas, J. et al. Genetic analysis of citrus leafminer susceptibility. Theor Appl Genet 110, 1393–1400 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-005-1943-6

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