Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight.
The cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum is affected by a variety of diseases with late blight (LB) caused by Phytophthora infestans being the most severe. The disease is mostly controlled by the application of large quantities of fungicides, which represent a financial burden on farmers indevelopin...
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| author | Mwathi, M. Roman, M. Orbegozo, Jeanette P. Rivera, C. Forbes, G. Ghislain, M. |
| author_browse | Forbes, G. Ghislain, M. Mwathi, M. Orbegozo, Jeanette P. Rivera, C. Roman, M. |
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| description | The cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum is affected by a variety of diseases with late blight (LB) caused by Phytophthora infestans being the most severe. The disease is mostly controlled by the application of large quantities of fungicides, which represent a financial burden on farmers indeveloping countries and pose risks to both human health and the environment. A more effective and environmentally friendly strategy to prevent damages caused by P. infestans is to use resistant potato cultivars. In the early days of breeding for LB resistance, a small number of resistance (R) genes from the wild Mexican species, Solanum demissum, were introgressed into modern potato varieties. These genes conferred race-specific resistance, which was rapidly overcome by new isolates of the pathogen. Recently, a number of new R genes have been identified and cloned from several wild potato species .Taking advantage of genetic engineering, our strategy is to use three of these new R genes (RB, Rpiblb2 and Rpi-vnt1.1) in a triple gene construct, p CIP 99, based on the hypothesis that simultaneous mutation for pathogenicity against all three genes is unlikely, and therefore the resistance conferred by the construct should be durable. We plan to deploy the three stacked R genes into the potato variety “Victoria” (known in Kenya and Uganda as “Asante”). To date, we have produced more than 100 transgenic events which are currently being characterized. The pathogen population will be characterized concurrently to assess the expected durability of this resistance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace662852025-11-06T14:01:46Z Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. Mwathi, M. Roman, M. Orbegozo, Jeanette P. Rivera, C. Forbes, G. Ghislain, M. potatoes phytophthora infestans resistance to injurious factors genetic engineering The cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum is affected by a variety of diseases with late blight (LB) caused by Phytophthora infestans being the most severe. The disease is mostly controlled by the application of large quantities of fungicides, which represent a financial burden on farmers indeveloping countries and pose risks to both human health and the environment. A more effective and environmentally friendly strategy to prevent damages caused by P. infestans is to use resistant potato cultivars. In the early days of breeding for LB resistance, a small number of resistance (R) genes from the wild Mexican species, Solanum demissum, were introgressed into modern potato varieties. These genes conferred race-specific resistance, which was rapidly overcome by new isolates of the pathogen. Recently, a number of new R genes have been identified and cloned from several wild potato species .Taking advantage of genetic engineering, our strategy is to use three of these new R genes (RB, Rpiblb2 and Rpi-vnt1.1) in a triple gene construct, p CIP 99, based on the hypothesis that simultaneous mutation for pathogenicity against all three genes is unlikely, and therefore the resistance conferred by the construct should be durable. We plan to deploy the three stacked R genes into the potato variety “Victoria” (known in Kenya and Uganda as “Asante”). To date, we have produced more than 100 transgenic events which are currently being characterized. The pathogen population will be characterized concurrently to assess the expected durability of this resistance. 2012 2015-05-19T10:56:22Z 2015-05-19T10:56:22Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66285 en Open Access application/pdf Mwathi, M.; Roman, M.L.; Orbegozo, J.; Rivera, C.; Forbes, G.; Ghislain, M. 2012. Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. In: Okechukwu, R.U.; Adebowale, A.A.; Bodunde, H.; Eruvbetine, D.; Idowu, M.; Atanda, O.; Dipeolu, A.; Ayinde, A.I.; Obadina, A.O.; Sobukola, O.P.; Adebayo, K.; Sanni, L.O. (eds.). The roots (and tubers) of development and climate change: Book of Abstracts, conference programme. 16. Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC). Abeokuta (Nigeria). 23-28 Sep 2012. Abeokuta (Nigeria). p. 259. Abstract |
| spellingShingle | potatoes phytophthora infestans resistance to injurious factors genetic engineering Mwathi, M. Roman, M. Orbegozo, Jeanette P. Rivera, C. Forbes, G. Ghislain, M. Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title | Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title_full | Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title_fullStr | Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title_short | Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. |
| title_sort | genetic transformatin of potato with a triple r gene construct to confer resistance to late blight |
| topic | potatoes phytophthora infestans resistance to injurious factors genetic engineering |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66285 |
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