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Marker-Assisted Pyramiding of Blast-Resistance Genes in a japonica Elite Rice Cultivar through Forward and Background Selection

Authors :
Elisa Zampieri
Andrea Volante
Caterina Marè
Gabriele Orasen
Francesca Desiderio
Chiara Biselli
Marco Canella
Lorena Carmagnola
Joëlle Milazzo
Henri Adreit
Didier Tharreau
Nicolas Poncelet
Patrizia Vaccino
Giampiero Valè
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria = Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)
National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Bertone Sementi SPA
Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (UMR PHIM)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier
Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)
Département Systèmes Biologiques (Cirad-BIOS)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro (UPO)
Bertone sementi S.P.A.
Source :
Plants, Plants, 2023, 12 (4), pp.757. ⟨10.3390/plants12040757⟩, Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages: 757
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2023.

Abstract

International audience; Rice blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is one of the main rice diseases worldwide. The pyramiding of blast-resistance (Pi) genes, coupled to Marker-Assisted BackCrossing (MABC), provides broad-spectrum and potentially durable resistance while limiting the donor genome in the background of an elite cultivar. In this work, MABC coupled to foreground and background selections based on KASP marker assays has been applied to introgress four Pi genes (Piz, Pib, Pita, and Pik) in a renowned japonica Italian rice variety, highly susceptible to blast. Molecular analyses on the backcross (BC) lines highlighted the presence of an additional blast-resistance gene, the Pita-linked Pita2/Ptr gene, therefore increasing the number of blast-resistance introgressed genes to five. The recurrent genome was recovered up to 95.65%. Several lines carrying four (including Pita2) Pi genes with high recovery percentage levels were also obtained. Phenotypic evaluations confirmed the effectiveness of the pyramided lines against multivirulent strains, which also had broad patterns of resistance in comparison to those expected based on the pyramided Pi genes. The developed blast-resistant japonica lines represent useful donors of multiple blast-resistance genes for future rice-breeding programs related to the japonica group.

Details

ISSN :
22237747
Volume :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Plants
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....769a113e7483fe17c0556fd92fb6263f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040757