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Enhanced resistance to common scab of potato through somatic cell selection in cv. Iwa with the phytotoxin thaxtomin A
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posted on 2023-05-16, 20:52 authored by Calum WilsonCalum Wilson, Luckman, G, Robert TeggRobert Tegg, Yuan, ZQ, Wilson, AJ, Alieta EylesAlieta Eyles, Conner, AJA somatic cell selection approach, developed using thaxtomin A as a positive selection agent, recovered 113 potato cell colonies of cv. Iwa from which 39 regenerated plants within a single subculture period. In glasshouse pathogenicity trials, 13 of these regenerated variants exhibited significantly greater resistance to common scab disease than the unselected parent cultivar, both in mean tuber surface coverage with lesions and the proportion of disease free tubers. The best variant had on average an 85-86% lower disease score (or 91-92% less estimated tuber surface cover) than the unselected parent cultivar. The disease-resistant variants varied in their response to thaxtomin A in detached leaflet and tuber slice bioassays. This suggested that the cell selection procedure and thaxtomin A screening had limited success in selecting for toxin tolerance, and that thaxtomin A tolerance was not necessarily the driving factor for induction of disease resistance observed. Variation in relative necrosis scores between leaflet and tuber assays for individual variants possibly suggests differential expression of thaxtomin A tolerance in the different tissues. Yield estimates from the glasshouse grown potatoes showed the majority of disease-resistant variants had tuber yields equivalent to the unselected parent cultivar. This suggests that selection for disease resistance was not associated with negative tuber yield attributes and that these variants may have commercial merit and are worthy of further agronomic testing. © 2008 The Authors.
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Horticulture Innovation Australia
History
Publication title
Plant PathologyVolume
58Pagination
137-144ISSN
0032-0862Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)Publisher
Blackwell PublishingPlace of publication
United KingdomRepository Status
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