Abstract
Partial resistances, often controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL), are considered to be more durable than monogenic resistances. Therefore, a precursor to developing efficient breeding programs for polygenic resistance to pathogens should be a greater understanding of genetic diversity and stability of resistance QTL in plants. In this study, we deciphered the diversity and stability of resistance QTL to Aphanomyces euteiches in pea towards pathogen variability, environments and scoring criteria, from two new sources of partial resistance (PI 180693 and 552), effective in French and USA infested fields. Two mapping populations of 178 recombinant inbred lines each, derived from crosses between 552 or PI 180693 (partially resistant) and Baccara (susceptible), were used to identify QTL for Aphanomyces root rot resistance in controlled and in multiple French and USA field conditions using several resistance criteria. We identified a total of 135 additive-effect QTL corresponding to 23 genomic regions and 13 significant epistatic interactions associated with partial resistance to A. euteiches in pea. Among the 23 additive-effect genomic regions identified, five were consistently detected, and showed highly stable effects towards A. euteiches strains, environments, resistance criteria, condition tests and RIL populations studied. These results confirm the complexity of inheritance of partial resistance to A. euteiches in pea and provide good bases for the choice of consistent QTL to use in marker-assisted selection schemes to increase current levels of resistance to A. euteiches in pea breeding programs.
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This work was funded by a pre-doctoral fellowship from INRA, Département de Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes (France), MAP (Ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche, Paris, France) and UNIP (Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Plantes riches en protéines, Paris, France), which we greatly acknowledge. It was also supported by the FP6 Grain Legume Integrated Project (FOOD-CT-2004-506223) (GLIP). We thank the INRA experimental units of Le Rheu and Dijon-Epoisses, France, UNILET (Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Légumes Transformés), Quimperlé, France, for contributing to field experiments. We also acknowledge the technical staff and students from the Legume group of INRA Le Rheu, France (G. Deniot, J.M. Abelard, J. Poisson, J. Gautier and A. Grenié) for plant material production and field evaluation. We thank the Biogenouest genotyping platform of Le Rheu, France, for technical assistance.
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Hamon, C., Baranger, A., Coyne, C.J. et al. New consistent QTL in pea associated with partial resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches in multiple French and American environments. Theor Appl Genet 123, 261–281 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1582-z
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