Effects of R gene-mediated resistance in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) on asexual and sexual sporulation of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot)

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Boys, E. F., Roques, S. E., West, J. S., Werner, C. P., King, G. J., Dyer, P. S. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2012. Effects of R gene-mediated resistance in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) on asexual and sexual sporulation of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot). Plant Pathology. 61 (3), pp. 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02529.x

AuthorsBoys, E. F., Roques, S. E., West, J. S., Werner, C. P., King, G. J., Dyer, P. S. and Fitt, B. D. L.
Abstract

The phenotype of the R gene-mediated resistance derived from oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cv. Imola against the light leaf spot plant pathogen, Pyrenopeziza brassicae, was characterized. Using a doubled haploid B.similar to napus mapping population that segregated for resistance against P.similar to brassicae, development of visual symptoms was characterized and symptomless growth was followed using quantitative PCR and scanning electron microscopy on leaves of resistant/susceptible lines inoculated with suspensions of P.similar to brassicae conidia. Initially, in controlled-environment experiments, growth of P.similar to brassicae was unaffected; then from 8 days post-inoculation (dpi) some epidermal cells collapsed (black flecking) in green living tissue of cv. Imola and from 13 to 36 dpi there was no increase in the amount of P.similar to brassicae DNA and no asexual sporulation (acervuli/pustules). By contrast, during this period there was a 300-fold increase in P.similar to brassicae DNA and extensive asexual sporulation in leaves of the susceptible cv. Apex. However, when leaf tissue senesced, the amount of P.similar to brassicae DNA increased rapidly in the resistant but not in the susceptible cultivar and sexual sporulation (apothecia) was abundant on senescent tissues of both. These results were consistent with observations from both controlled condition and field experiments with lines from the mapping population that segregated for this resistance. Analysis of results of both controlled-environment and field experiments suggested that the resistance was mediated by a single R gene located on chromosome A1.

KeywordsAgronomy; Plant Sciences
Year of Publication2012
JournalPlant Pathology
Journal citation61 (3), pp. 543-554
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02529.x
Open accessPublished as green open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
KWS UK Ltd
British Mycological Society
Funder project or codeCentre for Sustainable Pest and Disease Management (PDM)
Project: 4844
Pre-breeding research to support climate change adaptation and reduction of environmental footprint of oilseed rape: OREGIN
Understanding pathogen variation in virulence and how this is influenced by host resistance
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
ISSN0032-0862

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