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GrainGenes Reference Report: CRS-41-1584

Reference
CRS-41-1584
Title
A Microsatellite marker for tagging Dn2, a wheat gene conferring resistance to the Russian wheat aphid
Journal
Crop Science
Year
2001
Volume
41
Pages
1584-1589
Author
Miller CA
Altinkut A
Lapitan NLV
Abstract
Summary: The Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia Mordvilko, is an economically important pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). An effective means to control the RWA is through the use of resistant cultivars. While a phenotype-based selection has been useful for selection of resistant plants, it has inherent limitations. Screening can only be done during cool months of the year, and symptom expression is influenced by the environment. Pyramiding of two or more RWA resistance genes is also difficult because of the presence of only one aphid biotype in the USA at present. This study was conducted to develop a DNA marker that is tightly linked to Dn2, and to test the effectiveness of the marker as a tag for Dn2 among a limited number of cultivars tested. We report mapping of five microsatellite markers linked to Dn2. The closest marker was Xgwm437 at 2.8 cM, and it distinguished lines containing Dn2 from eight susceptible cultivars and seven resistant cultivars carrying other RWA resistance genes. Xgwm437 should be effective for marker-assisted selection of Dn2-containing plants and for combining Dn2 with other resistance genes in a gene pyramiding program
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aphid
biotype
bread wheat
bulked segregant analysis
conferring resistance
crop
cultivar
cultivars
diuraphis noxia
dna
dna marker
environment
expression
gene
gene pyramiding
gene tagging
genes
genetic mapping
genetic markers
genetic resistance
inheritance
limitation
line
linkage
map
mapping
marker
marker-assisted selection
microsatellite
microsatellite marker
monosomic analysis
pest
pest resistance
program
pyramiding
rapd
resistance
resistance gene
resistant
russian wheat aphid
rwa
screening
selection
susceptibility
symptoms
triticum
triticum aestivum
triticum tauschii
usa

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