NBS Profiling Identifies Potential Novel Locus from Solanum demissum That Confers Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Phytophthora infestans

ZHANG  Kun, XU  Jian-fei, DUAN  Shao-guang, PANG  Wan-fu, BIAN  Chun-song, LIU  Jie and JIN
      1National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement/Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
2Crop Research Institute, Taizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Linhai 317000, P.R.China
3International Rice Research Institute, DAPO 777, Metro Malina, The Philippines

NBS Profiling Identifies Potential Novel Locus from Solanum demissum That Confers Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Phytophthora infestans

2014

ZHANG Kun, XU Jian-fei, DUAN Shao-guang, PANG Wan-fu, BIAN Chun-song, LIU Jie and JIN (1National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement/Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China 2Crop Research Institute, Taizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Linhai 317000, P.R.China 3International Rice Research Institute, DAPO 777, Metro Malina, The Philippines)

Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans, is the most serious disease of potato worldwide. The adoption of varieties with resistance genes, especially broad-spectrum resistance genes, is the most efficient approach to control late blight. Solanum demissum is a well-known wild potato species from which 11 race-specific resistance genes have been identified, however, no broad-spectrum resistance genes like RB have been reported in this species. Here, we report a novel reisistance locus from S. demissum that potentially confer broad-spectrum resistance to late blight. A small segregating population of S. demissum were assessed for resistance to aggressive P. infestans isolates (race 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11). This coupled with nucleotide binding site (NBS) profiling analyses, led to the identification of three fragments that linked to the potential candidate resistance gene(s). Cloning and sequence analysis of these fragments suggested that the identified resistance gene locus is located in the region containing R2 resistance gene at chromosome 4. Based on the sequences of the cloned fragments, a co-segregating sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker, RDSP, was developed. The newly identified marker RDSP will be useful for marker assisted breeding and further cloning of this potential resistance gene locus.

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