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Genetic suppression of disease resistance is occasionally observed in hexaploid wheat or in its interspecific crosses. The phenotypic effects of genes moved to wheat from relatives with lower ploidy are often smaller than in the original sources, suggesting the presence of modifiers or partial inhibitors in wheat, especially dilution effects caused by possible variation at orthologous loci. However, there is little current understanding of the underlying genetics of suppression. The discovery of suppression in some wheat genotypes of the cereal rye chromosome 1RS-derived gene Pm8 for powdery mildew resistance offered an opportunity for analysis. A single gene for suppression was identified at or near the closely linked storage protein genes Gli-A1 and Glu-A3, which are also closely associated with the Pm3 locus on chromosome 1AS. The Pm3 locus is a complex of expressed alleles and pseudogenes embedded among Glu-A3 repeats. In the current report, we explain why earlier work indicated that the mildew suppressor was closely associated with specific Gli-A1 and Glu-A3 alleles, and predict that suppression of Pm8 involves translated gene products from the Pm3 locus.
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This research was supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia. We thank Beat Keller and Severine Hurni for comments on a draft of the manuscript.
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McIntosh, R.A., Zhang, P., Cowger, C. et al. Rye-derived powdery mildew resistance gene Pm8 in wheat is suppressed by the Pm3 locus. Theor Appl Genet 123, 359–367 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1589-5
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