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In this study we used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and microsatellite (short sequence repeat or SSR) markers to identify a major quantitative trail locus (QTL) for yellow spot (Mycovellosiella koepkei) disease resistance in sugarcane. A bi-parental cross between a resistant variety, M 134/75, and a susceptible parent, R 570, generated a segregating population of 227 individuals. These clones were evaluated for yellow spot infection in replicated field trials in two locations across two consecutive years. A χ2-test (χ2 at 98% confidence level) of the observed segregation pattern for yellow spot infection indicated a putative monogenic dominant inheritance for the trait with a 3 (resistant):1(susceptible) ratio. The AFLP and SSR markers identified 666 polymorphisms as being present in the resistant parent and absent in the susceptible one. A genetic map of M 134/75 was constructed using 557 single-dose polymorphisms, resulting in 95 linkage groups containing at least two markers based on linkages in coupling. QTL analysis using QTLCartographer v1.17d and MAPMAKER/QTL v1.1 identified a single major QTL located on LG87, flanked by an AFLP marker, actctc10, and an SSR marker, CIR12284. This major QTL, which was found to be linked at 14 cM to an AFLP marker, was detected with LOD 8.7, had an additive effect of −10.05% and explained 23.8% of the phenotypic variation of yellow spot resistance.
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The authors would like to thank Drs. Andrew Paterson and Ray Ming for the critical review and constructive comments of the manuscript, the International Consortium for Sugarcane Biotechnology for providing the sugarcane microsatellite primers, T. Olsen, Iowa State University, USA, for valuable assistant with SAS analysis.
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Aljanabi, S., Parmessur, Y., Kross, H. et al. Identification of a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for yellow spot (Mycovellosiella koepkei) disease resistance in sugarcane. Mol Breeding 19, 1–14 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-006-9008-3
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