Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.

Three late blight resistance (R) genes from wild potato species were transferred as a stack into the farmer-preferred varieties ‘Tigoni’ and ‘Shangi’. Transgenic events were tested by detached-leaf assays (DLA) and whole-plant assays (WPA) with isolates of Phytophthora infestans using 20,000 sporang...

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Autores principales: Webi, E.N., Kariuki, D., Kinyua, J., Njoroge, A.W., Ghislain, M., Magembe, E.
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Academic Journals 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107143
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author Webi, E.N.
Kariuki, D.
Kinyua, J.
Njoroge, A.W.
Ghislain, M.
Magembe, E.
author_browse Ghislain, M.
Kariuki, D.
Kinyua, J.
Magembe, E.
Njoroge, A.W.
Webi, E.N.
author_facet Webi, E.N.
Kariuki, D.
Kinyua, J.
Njoroge, A.W.
Ghislain, M.
Magembe, E.
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description Three late blight resistance (R) genes from wild potato species were transferred as a stack into the farmer-preferred varieties ‘Tigoni’ and ‘Shangi’. Transgenic events were tested by detached-leaf assays (DLA) and whole-plant assays (WPA) with isolates of Phytophthora infestans using 20,000 sporangia / mL inoculum. For the first DLA, 9 out of 13 ‘Tigoni’ and 10 out of 12 ‘Shangi’ transgenic events had scores below 3% of leaf affected area. 17 of the 19 transgenic events with low scores were subjected to a second DLA using two different P. infestans isolates. 8 of them exhibited extreme LB resistance while the remaining 9 transgenic events showed hypersensitive response (HR). 6 transgenic events (2 ‘Tigoni’ and 4 ‘Shangi’) with extreme resistance by DLA were subjected to WPA and they all exhibited extreme resistance to LB. Hence, this study demonstrates that a simple DLA predicts high level of resistance to late blight. R gene expression analysis in 18 transgenic events showed different transgenic events exhibiting different levels of expression in the three genes. However, that pathogen induction and / or high R gene expression are necessary for extreme resistance when transgenic events bear a stack of three R genes was not observed.
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spelling CGSpace1071432025-03-13T09:46:13Z Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties. Webi, E.N. Kariuki, D. Kinyua, J. Njoroge, A.W. Ghislain, M. Magembe, E. phytophthora infestans genes potatoes disease resistance Three late blight resistance (R) genes from wild potato species were transferred as a stack into the farmer-preferred varieties ‘Tigoni’ and ‘Shangi’. Transgenic events were tested by detached-leaf assays (DLA) and whole-plant assays (WPA) with isolates of Phytophthora infestans using 20,000 sporangia / mL inoculum. For the first DLA, 9 out of 13 ‘Tigoni’ and 10 out of 12 ‘Shangi’ transgenic events had scores below 3% of leaf affected area. 17 of the 19 transgenic events with low scores were subjected to a second DLA using two different P. infestans isolates. 8 of them exhibited extreme LB resistance while the remaining 9 transgenic events showed hypersensitive response (HR). 6 transgenic events (2 ‘Tigoni’ and 4 ‘Shangi’) with extreme resistance by DLA were subjected to WPA and they all exhibited extreme resistance to LB. Hence, this study demonstrates that a simple DLA predicts high level of resistance to late blight. R gene expression analysis in 18 transgenic events showed different transgenic events exhibiting different levels of expression in the three genes. However, that pathogen induction and / or high R gene expression are necessary for extreme resistance when transgenic events bear a stack of three R genes was not observed. 2019-09 2020-02-19T01:05:14Z 2020-02-19T01:05:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107143 en Open Access Academic Journals Webi, E. N.; Kariuki, D.; Kinyua, J.; Njoroge, A.; Ghislain, M.; Magembe, E. 2019. Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties. African Journal of Biotechnology. ISSN: 1684-5315. 18(29). pp. 845-856.
spellingShingle phytophthora infestans
genes
potatoes
disease resistance
Webi, E.N.
Kariuki, D.
Kinyua, J.
Njoroge, A.W.
Ghislain, M.
Magembe, E.
Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title_full Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title_fullStr Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title_full_unstemmed Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title_short Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
title_sort extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 r genes from wild relatives into african farmer preferred potato varieties
topic phytophthora infestans
genes
potatoes
disease resistance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107143
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