Characterisation of barley landraces from Syria and Jordan for resistance to rhynchosporium and identification of diagnostic markers for Rrs1Rh4

Mark E. Looseley, Lucie L. Griffe, Bianca Büttner, Kathryn M. Wright, Micha M. Bayer, Max Coulter, Jean-Noël Thauvin, Jill Middlefell-Williams, Marta Maluk, Aleksandra Okpo, Nicola Kettles, Peter Werner, Ed Byrne, Anna Avrova (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Rhynchosporium or barley scald, caused by the destructive fungal pathogen Rhynchosporium commune, is one of the most economically important diseases of barley in the world. Barley landraces from Syria and Jordan demonstrated high resistance to rhynchosporium in the field. Genotyping of a wide range of barley cultivars and landraces, including known sources of different Rrs1 genes/alleles, across the Rrs1 interval, followed by association analysis of this genotypic data with resistance phenotypes to R. commune isolates recognised by Rrs1, allowed the identification of diagnostic markers for Rrs1 Rh4. These markers are specific to Rrs1 Rh4 and do not detect other Rrs1 genes/alleles. The Rrs1 Rh4 diagnostic markers represent a resource that can be exploited by breeders for the sustainable deployment of varietal resistance in new cultivars. Thirteen out of the 55 most resistant Syrian and Jordanian landraces were shown to contain markers specific to Rrs1 Rh4. One of these lines came from Jordan, with the remaining 12 lines from different locations in Syria. One of the Syrian landraces containing Rrs1 Rh4 was also shown to have Rrs2. The remaining landraces that performed well against rhynchosporium in the field are likely to contain other resistance genes and represent an important novel resource yet to be exploited by European breeders.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1243-1264
Number of pages22
JournalTheoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume133
Issue number4
Early online date22 Jan 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Genetics

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