Breeding for resistance to soft rot disease in Ornithogalum
Pectobacterium (formerly Erwinia) carotovorum is a plant pathogen that causes soft rot of many important agricultural crops, including Ornithogalum.The absence of effective control against soft rot bacteria causes the flower and bulb growers substantial yearly losses from the disease.Under these circumstances, interspecies breeding between sensitive and relatively resistant species of the same genus would be a viable option.The orange-flowered species Ornithogalum dubium, which is known for its high susceptibility to soft rot disease, was used as a female parent, while the relatively resistant white species Ornithogalum thyrsoides was used as a pollen donor to yield interspecific F1 hybrid lines.Two F1 hybrid lines (99/2/32 and 99/2/28) were tested for their relative resistance to the soft rot bacterium P.carotovorum subsp.brasiliense Pcb3.A bacterial colonization study in parental and hybrid lines was followed by measurement of phenolic content in the tissues of the plant lines.Bacterial colonization was significantly reduced compared with the sensitive parent O.dubium.This was accompanied by higher levels of phenolic compounds in the F1 hybrids compared with O.dubium.
soft rot breeding Pectobacterium resistance phenolics
J.R.Joshi I.Yedidia
Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel
国际会议
The XII International Symposium on Flower Bulbs and Herbaceous Perennials(第12届国际球宿根花卉学术研讨会)
昆明
英文
279-283
2016-06-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）