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Molecular-marker-facilitated investigation of host-plant response to Exserohilum turcicum in maize (Zea mays L.): components of resistance

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RFLPs were used to investigate components of host-plant response to Exserohilum turcicum in 150 unselected F2∶3 lines of a B52/Mo17 maize population. Following inoculation with spore suspensions of the pathogen (race 0), components of disease development were measured and then quantitative trait mapping was performed to identify the location and effects of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) determining host-plant response. Components of interest were the average number of lesions per leaf, the average percent leaf tissue diseased (severity) and the average size of lesions (cm2). Based on a LOD threshold of 2.31 (P<0.05), the number of lesions appears to be associated with QTLs on chromosomes 1S, 3L, 5S. Severity was associated with analogous regions and, in addition, QTLs on chromosomes 7L and 8L. Most QTLs, for either of these two components, involve additive gene action and partial dominance or overdominance. In contrast, lesion size was associated with QTLs on chromosomes 7L and 5L; recessive gene action may be involved at 7L.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 50010, Ames, IA, USA

    P. J. Freymark, M. Lee & W. L. Woodman

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, 50010, Ames, IA, USA

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Communicated by F. Salamini

Journal Paper No. J-15178 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economic Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. Project No. 3134

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Freymark, P.J., Lee, M., Martinson, C.A. et al. Molecular-marker-facilitated investigation of host-plant response to Exserohilum turcicum in maize (Zea mays L.): components of resistance. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 88, 305–313 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223637

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