Inheritance of Phytophthora Stem Blight Resistance as Compared to Phytophthora Root Rot and Phytophthora Foliar Blight Resistance in Capsicum annuum L.

By O. Sy, P. Bosland, R. Steiner. 2005

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A BSTRACT . The pathogen Phytophthora capsici Leon. is known to be a limiting factor of chile pepper ( Capsicum L.) production around the world. The genetics of the resistance is becoming better understood due to the speci fi c nature of the host–pathogen interaction, i.e., all plant organs are subject to infection. It has been shown that phytophthora root rot resistance and phytophthora foliar blight resistance are under different genetic mechanisms. This study aimed at understanding the inheritance of resistance of phytophthora stem blight and to determine whether phytophthora stem blight was the same disease syndrome as phytophthora root rot and phytophthora foliar blight. Stem cuttings of a segregating F 2 population and testcross progeny facilitated the ability to screen for two disease syndromes concurrently. When the three disease syndromes were compared separately, the F 2 populations fi t a 3 resistant (R) : 1 susceptible (S) ratio and the testcross progenies fi t a 1R:1S ratio. When comparative studies were performed (stem vs. foliar and stem vs. root), the F 2 populations fi t a 9R/R:3R/S:3S/R:1S/S ratio and the testcross fi t a 1R/R:1R/S:1S/R:1S/S ratio. These ratios are consistent of a single gene controlling the resistance of each system. Therefore, phytophthora stem blight, root rot, and foliar blight are three separate disease syndromes.

Subfields: Plant Science

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