1. Hydroxycinnamate Synthesis and Association with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance.
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Santiago R, Malvar RA, Barros-Rios J, Samayoa LF, and Butrón A
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- Animals, Disease Resistance, Inbreeding, Larva physiology, Plant Diseases immunology, Quantitative Trait Loci, Zea mays genetics, Zea mays metabolism, Zea mays parasitology, Coumaric Acids metabolism, Moths physiology, Plant Diseases parasitology, Zea mays immunology
- Abstract
Previous results suggest a relationship between maize hydroxycinnamate concentration in the pith tissues and resistance to stem tunneling by Mediterranean corn borer (MCB, Sesamia nonagrioides Lef.) larvae. This study performs a more precise experiment, mapping an F2 derived from the cross between two inbreds with contrasting levels for hydroxycinnamates EP125 × PB130. We aimed to co-localize genomic regions involved in hydroxycinnamate synthesis and resistance to MCB and to highlight the particular route for each hydroxycinnamate component in relation to the better known phenylpropanoid pathway. Seven quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for p-coumarate, two QTLs for ferulate, and seven QTLs for total diferulates explained 81.7, 26.9, and 57.8% of the genotypic variance, respectively. In relation to borer resistance, alleles for increased hydroxycinnamate content (affecting one or more hydroxycinnamate compounds) could be associated with favorable effects on stem resistance to MCB, particularly the putative role of p-coumarate in borer resistance.
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- 2016
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