Fusarium wilt of chickpea: physiological specialization, genetics of resistance and resistance gene tagging |
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Authors: | Kamal Dev Sharma Fred J Muehlbauer |
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Institution: | (1) Advanced Centre of Hill Bioresources and Biotechnology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, HP, 176062, India;(2) USDA-ARS Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6434, USA |
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Abstract: | Chickpea wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris is one of the major yield limiting factors in chickpea. The disease causes 10–90% yield losses annually in chickpea. Eight
physiological races of the pathogen (0, 1A, 1B/C, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) are reported so far whereas additional races are suspected
from India. The distribution pattern of these races in different parts of the world indicates regional specificity for their
occurrence leading to the perception that F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris evolved independently in different regions. Pathogen isolates also exhibit differences in disease symptoms. Races 0 and 1B/C
cause yellowing syndrome whereas 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lead to wilting syndrome. Genetics of resistance to two races (1B/C
and 6) is yet to be determined, however, for other races resistance is governed either by monogenes or oligogenes. The individual
genes of oligogenic resistance mechanism delay onset of disease symptoms, a phenomenon called as late wilting. Slow wilting,
i.e., slow development of disease after onset of disease symptoms also occurs in reaction to pathogen; however, its genetics
are not known. Mapping of wilt resistance genes in chickpea is difficult because of minimal polymorphism; however, it has
been facilitated to great extent by the development of sequence tagged microsatellite site (STMS) markers that have revealed
significant interspecific and intraspecific polymorphism. Markers linked to six genes governing resistance to six races (0,
1A, 2, 3, 4 and 5) of the pathogen have been identified and their position on chickpea linkage maps elucidated. These genes
lie in two separate clusters on two different chickpea linkage groups. While the gene for resistance to race 0 is situated
on LG 5 of Winter et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics 101:1155–1163, 2000) those governing resistance to races 1A, 2, 3, 4 and 5 spanned a region of 8.2 cM on LG 2. The cluster of five resistance
genes was further subdivided into two sub clusters of 2.8 cM and 2.0 cM, respectively. Map-based cloning can be used to isolate
the six genes mapped so far; however, the region containing these genes needs additional markers to facilitate their isolation.
Cloning of wilt resistance genes is desirable to study their evolution, mechanisms of resistance and their exploitation in
wilt resistance breeding and wilt management. |
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Keywords: | Chickpea wilt Fusarium oxysporum f sp ciceris Linkage map Molecular markers Physiological specialization Resistance genes |
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