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Inheritance of seed resistance to bruchids in cultivated mungbean (Vigna radiata, L. Wilczek)

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Bruchid beetles or seed weevils are the most devastating stored pests of grain legumes causing considerable loss to mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). Breeding for bruchid resistance is a major goal in mungbean improvement. Few sources of resistance in cultivated genepool were identified and characterized, however, there has been no study on the genetic control of the resistance. In this study, we investigated the inheritance of seed resistance to Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) and C. maculatus (F.) in two landrace mungbean accessions, V2709BG and V2802BG. The F1, F2 and BC generations were developed from crosses between the resistant and susceptible accessions and evaluated for resistance to the insects. It was found that resistance to bruchids in seeds is controlled by maternal plant genotype. All F1 plants derived from both direct and reciprocal crosses exhibited resistance to the bruchids. Segregation pattern of reaction to the beetles in the F2 and backcross populations showed that the resistance is controlled by a major gene, with resistance is dominant at varying degrees of expressivity. Although the presence of modifiers was also observed. The gene is likely the same locus in both V2709BG and V2802BG. The resistant gene is considered very useful in breeding for seed resistance to bruchids in mungbean.

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The authors thank AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan for providing seeds of the resistant accessions. This work was financed by grants from the Project on Genetics and Breeding of Field Legumes for Thailand of the Thailand Research Fund, and the Project on Biotechnology for Varietal Development of Thai Mungbean of the Thailand’s National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand

    Prakit Somta & Peerasak Srinives

  2. Asian Regional Center, AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand

    Chanida Ammaranan & Peter A. -C. Ooi

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Somta, P., Ammaranan, C., Ooi, P.A.C. et al. Inheritance of seed resistance to bruchids in cultivated mungbean (Vigna radiata, L. Wilczek). Euphytica 155, 47–55 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-006-9299-9

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