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Compositions and methods for peronospora resistance in spinach

a technology of peronospora and composition, applied in the field of plant breeding, can solve the problems of incomplete resistance to dm in spinach and race-specificity, and achieve the effect of broad-spectrum resistan

Pending Publication Date: 2021-07-15
SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a spinach plant (Spinacia oleracea) with resistance to the disease caused by the fungus Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae. The resistance is conferred by a combination of alleles in the plant's genome, including allele A, allele Vt, and allele C. The plant can also be genetically engineered to contain these alleles. The invention also provides a method for introducing resistance to this disease in a spinach plant by crossing a first plant with a second plant and selecting a resistant progeny plant. The resistance is broad-spectrum, meaning that the plant is resistant to multiple races of the fungus. The invention also provides a hybrid progeny plant with resistance to the disease.

Problems solved by technology

To date, it has been believed that resistance to DM in spinach was incomplete and race-specific.
spinaciae challenging and increasingly important.

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Identification of Novel Resistance to DM Races in Spinacia oleracea

[0105]A screen was performed on S. oleracea germplasm using the disease assay described in Example 5. S. oleracea accessions in an internal genebank were screened. In addition, publicly available spinach hybrids that were either fully susceptible, or carried a combination of resistance specificities were included in the trial as susceptible and resistance checks. Infection was performed with Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae (Pfs) races 7, 8, and 10-14 to complement historic data on races 1-6. Race 9 is no longer present in the field. In addition to strains with a race designation, a resistance-breaking isolate, collected in California (US) in the spring of 2013 was included. This isolate is currently referred to as UA4712 by the International Working Group on Peronospora and is a probable candidate for race Pfs 15.

[0106]The response of control entries to infection is presented in Table 1 and is consistent with ...

example 2

Mapping Resistance to DM

[0108]Irish et al. (2008) identified a co-dominant marker, designated Dm-1, which was closely linked to the resistance locus RPF1 from S. oleracea. The genetic distance between Dm-1 and RPF1 was estimated to be 1.7 cM. Further efforts to fine-map the Dm-1 marker relative to the RPF1 locus generated sequence resources in the vicinity of the Dm-1 marker, but did not result in cloning RPF1 (Yang et al., Initial fine-mapping of the spinach downy mildew resistance locus RPF1, University of Arkansas, 2013, 102 pages; 1536814). Given the absence of a causal polymorphism and the distance between Dm-1 and RPF1, association may be lost during backcrossing or recurrent selection. Therefore, markers flanking resistance on both sides were needed for tracking resistance alleles and further fine-mapping.

[0109]Spinach lines carrying one of the three resistance alleles, A, Vt, or C, were individually crossed to a line that exclusively harbored resistance to races Pfs 1-4. Res...

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Quantitative Effects of DM Resistance Alleles

[0111]The genotype and phenotypes collected in Example 2 were used in a quantitative analysis with mapQTL, applying standard interval mapping settings (Van Ooijen, 1996). A major locus for resistance to Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae race 8 was detected in the mapping population segregating for allele A. Evidenced by a LOD peak of 57.51, the trait was highly associated with markers derived from scaffolds SF59002, SF95487, and SF63815 (Table 2). The locus appeared to have a major effect, explaining 97.2% of the observed variance.

TABLE 2Quantitative analysis of resistance allele A to Pfs race 8.maploditermu_Amu_Hmu_Bvar% expladddomlocus———————————040.53494.4444502.6315892.06579245.90641.46199SF90906a0.746.42497.0588502.6315863.802294.447.21360.154799SF90906b1.457.514100502.6315832.005797.248.6842−1.31579SF590021.457.514100502.6315832.005797.248.6842−1.31579SF954871.457.514100502.6315832.005797.248.6842−1.31579SF638155.731.74494.11765...

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Abstract

The invention provides for spinach plants with broad-spectrum resistance to downy mildew disease and their progeny. Such plants may comprise unique combinations of alleles resulting in the broad-spectrum resistance to downy mildew. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, using, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with resistance to downy mildew are provided.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 632,871 filed Feb. 26, 2015, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 945,675, filed Feb. 27, 2014, each of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.INCORPORATION OF SEQUENCE LISTING[0002]The sequence listing that is contained in the file named “SEMB015US_ST25.txt,” which is 6.2 kilobytes as measured in Microsoft Windows operating system and was created on Feb. 25, 2015, is filed electronically herewith and incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]The invention relates to the field of plant breeding and, more specifically, to methods and compositions for producing spinach plants with resistance to downy mildew.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]Downy mildew, caused by the plant pathogen Peronospora farinosa f. sp. Spinaciae (Pfs), is an economically important disease of spinach worldwide, particularly for ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12N15/82A01H5/12C12Q1/6895
CPCC12N15/8279A01H5/12C12Q2600/156C12Q2600/13C12Q1/6895A01H1/045A01H6/028
Inventor BRUGMANS, BART WILLEMMEEUWSEN, JOHNNOOYEN, CLAUDIA
Owner SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS
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