Development and deployment of KASP markers for multiple alleles of Lr34 in wheat
Open Access
- 12 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- Vol. 133 (7), 2183-2195
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03589-x
Abstract
Key message Heterogeneous Lr34 genes for leaf rust in winter wheat cultivar ‘Duster’ and KASP markers for allelic variation in exon 11 and exon 22 of Lr34. Abstract Wheat, Triticum aestivum (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD), is a hexaploid species, and each of three homoeologous genomes A, B, and D should have one copy for a gene in its ancestral form if the gene has no duplication. Previously reported leaf rust resistance gene Lr34 has one copy on the short arm of chromosome 7D in hexaploid wheat, and allelic variation in Lr34 is in intron 4, exon 11, exon 12, or exon 22. In this study, we discovered that Oklahoma hard red winter wheat cultivar ‘Duster’ (PI 644,016) has two copies of the Lr34 gene, the resistance allele Lr34a and the susceptibility allele Lr34b. Both Lr34a and Lr34b were mapped in the same linkage group on chromosome 7D in a doubled-haploid population generated from a cross between Duster and a winter wheat cultivar ‘Billings’ which carries the susceptibility allele Lr34c. A chromosomal fragment including Lr34 and at least two neighboring genes on its proximal side but excluding genes on its distal side was duplicated in Duster. The Duster Lr34ab allele was associated with tip necrosis and increased resistance against leaf rust at adult plants in the Duster × Billings DH population tested in the field, demonstrating the function of the Duster Lr34ab allele in wheat. We have developed KASP markers for allelic variation in exon 11 and exon 22 of Lr34 in wheat. These markers can be utilized to accelerate the selection of Lr34 in wheat.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2011-68002-30029)
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