Title
Global multi-environment resistance QTL for foliar late blight resistance in tetraploid potato with tropical adaptation
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Genetics Society of America
Abstract
The identification of environmentally stable and globally predictable resistance to potato late blight is challenged by the clonal and polyploid nature of the crop and the rapid evolution of the pathogen. A diversity panel of tetraploid potato germplasm bred for multiple resistance and quality traits was genotyped by genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and evaluated for late blight resistance in three countries where the International Potato Center (CIP) has established breeding work. Health-indexed, in vitro plants of 380 clones and varieties were distributed from CIP headquarters and tuber seed was produced centrally in Peru, China, and Ethiopia. Phenotypes were recorded following field exposure to local isolates of Phytophthora infestans. QTL explaining resistance in four experiments conducted across the three countries were identified in chromosome IX, and environment-specific QTL were found in chromosomes III, V, and X. Different genetic models were evaluated for prediction ability to identify best performing germplasm in each and all environments. The best prediction ability (0.868) was identified with the genomic best linear unbiased predictors (GBLUPs) when using the diploid marker data and QTL-linked markers as fixed effects. Genotypes with high levels of resistance in all environments were identified from the B3, LBHT, and B3-LTVR populations. The results show that many of the advanced clones bred in Peru for high levels of late blight resistance maintain their resistance in Ethiopia and China, suggesting that the centralized selection strategy has been largely successful.
Volume
11
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85117924850
PubMed ID
Source
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
ISSN of the container
21601836
Sponsor(s)
The work has received funding from GIZ through the project “Accelerating the Development of Early-Maturing-Agile Potato for Food Security through a Trait Observation and Discovery Network” between 2015 and 2018. This work has also received funding from the CGIAR Research Program and Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), and USAID. Global Challenges Research Fund—part of the UK AID budget, supported the secondment of H. Lindqvist-Kreuze to Earlham Institute (EI) within the CABANA project. Bert De Boeck was co-funded by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), a joint operation of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency on behalf of the German Federal Government.
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