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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Solomon-Blackburn, R. M
• Bradshaw, J. E

Titel

Resistance to Potato virus Y in a Multitrait Potato Breeding Scheme without Direct Selection in Each Generation

Ist Teil von

• Potato research, 2007, Vol.50 (1), p.87-95

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In an experimental breeding scheme to improve late blight (Phytophthora infestans) and white potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida) resistance of tetraploid potato over three generations of crossing and selection, 15 clones survived the final selection, and these were derived from 15 great-grandparents. There was no direct selection for resistance to Potato virus Y (PVY), but 14 out of the 15 great-grandparents were resistant to PVY and three had extreme resistance. Thirteen of the 15 descendants had PVY resistance and one extreme resistance. This was within the range expected for a random (unselected) sample from the genotypes of the great-grandparents. Hence, we found no evidence for any positive or negative association between PVY resistance and the attributes selected. The conclusion is that laborious selection is not required in every generation when many parents have PVY resistance, including some with more than one copy of a PVY resistance gene or resistance at more than one locus. However, in the future, determining the major virus resistance genes present in potential parents in each generation using diagnostic molecular markers would prevent susceptible x susceptible crosses being made and maximise the number of resistant x resistant ones.