ISSN:
1432-2242
Keywords:
Rye
;
Secalins
;
Rust resistance
;
Stem rust
;
Leaf rust
;
Stripe/yellow rust
;
Linkage mapping
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary The genes controlling resistance to three wheat rusts, viz., leaf rust (Lr26), stem rust (Sr31) and stripe or yellow rust (Yr9), and ω-secalins (Sec1), located on the short arm of rye chromosome 1R, were mapped with respect to each other and the centromere. Analysis of 214 seeds (or families derived from them) from testcrosses between a 1BL.1RS/1R heterozygote and ‘Chinese Spring’ ditelocentric 1BL showed no recombination between the genes for resistance to the three rusts, suggesting very tight linkage or perhaps a single complex locus conferring resistance to the three rusts. The rust resistance genes were located 5.4 ± 1.7 cM from the Sec1 locus, which in turn was located 26.1 ± 4.3 cM from the centromere; the gene order being centromere — Sec1 — Lr26/Sr31/Yr9 — telomere. In a second test-cross, using a different 1BL.1RS translocation which had only stem rust resistance (SrR), the above gene order was confirmed despite a very large proportion of aneuploids (45.8%) among the progeny. Furthermore, a map distance of 16.0 ± 4.8 cM was estimated for SrR and the telomeric heterochromatin (C-band) on 1RS. These results suggest that a very small segment of 1RS chromatin is required to maintain resistance to all three wheat rusts. It should be possible but difficult to separate the rust resistance genes from the secalin gene(s), which are thought to contribute to dough stickiness of wheat-rye translocation lines carrying 1RS.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00224219
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