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Slide 1: Theor Appl Genet DOI 10.1007/s00122-007-0604-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Microsatellite mapping of adult-plant leaf rust resistance gene Lr22a in wheat Colin W. Hiebert · Julian B. Thomas · Daryl J. Somers · Brent D. McCallum · Stephen L. Fox Received: 31 January 2007 / Accepted: 25 June 2007 © Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract This study was conducted to identify microsatellite markers (SSR) linked to the adult-plant leaf rust resistance gene Lr22a and examine their cross-applicability for marker-assisted selection in diVerent genetic backgrounds. Lr22a was previously introgressed from Aegilops tauschii Coss. to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and located to chromosome 2DS. Comparing SSR alleles from the donor of Lr22a to two backcross lines and their recurrent parents showed that between two and Wve SSR markers were cointrogressed with Lr22a and the size range of the Ae. tauschii introgression was 9–20 cM. An F2 population from the cross of 98B34-T4B £ 98B26-N1C01 conWrmed linkage between the introgressed markers and Lr22a on chromosome 2DS. The closest marker, GWM296, was 2.9 cM from Lr22a. One hundred and eighteen cultivars and breeding lines of diVerent geographical origins were tested with GWM296. In total 14 alleles were ampliWed, however, only those lines predicted or known to carry Lr22a had the unique Ae. tauschii allele at GWM296 with fragments of 121 and 131 bp. Thus, GWM296 is useful for selecting Lr22a in diverse genetic backgrounds. Genotypes carrying Lr22a showed strong resistance to leaf rust in the Weld from 2002 to 2006. Lr22a is an ideal candidate to be included in a stack of leaf rust resistance genes because of its strong adult-plant resistance, low frequency of commercial deployment, and the availability of a unique marker. Introduction Leaf rust (Puccinia triticina Eriks.) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a widespread foliar disease that causes signiWcant reductions in grain yield and quality (Samborski 1985). Host genetic resistance is a desirable and proven method of leaf rust control. However, deployment of single race-speciWc genes allows the pathogen to evolve and accumulate new virulence (Dyck and Kerber 1985). This creates the need to identify new eVective genes and can lead an ongoing cycle of breeding, deployment and subsequent erosion of resistance. Over 50 leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes have been identiWed in wheat. Of these, approximately half were introgressed from related species (McIntosh et al. 1995). Five named Lr genes have been introgressed into common wheat from Aegilops tauschii Coss.; these are Lr21 (Rowland and Kerber 1974), Lr32 (Kerber 1987), Lr41 (Cox et al. 1994; Singh et al. 2004), Lr42 (Cox et al. 1994), and the adultplant resistance (APR) gene Lr22a (Rowland and Kerber 1974). It should be noted that while Lr22a is expressed only at the adult-plant stage, the degree of resistance conferred is comparable to highly resistant seedling Lr genes in contrast to the slow-rusting type APR conferred by genes like Lr34. In the search for improved genetic solutions for leaf rust resistance it is widely believed that combinations or stacks of multiple Lr genes would confer a more durable resistance than the same genes deployed individually. Such gene stacks might include race non-speciWc adult plant resistance genes (e.g. Lr34), “undefeated” genes for which no virulence has been detected such as Lr22a, and partially “defeated” genes, for which virulence already exists in the pathogen population (e.g. Lr16). One advantage of creating gene stacks is the synergistic interaction of leaf rust resistance Communicated by B. Keller. C. W. Hiebert (&) · J. B. Thomas · D. J. Somers · B. D. McCallum · S. L. Fox Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Cereal Research Centre, 195 Dafoe Rd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2M9 e-mail: chiebert@agr.gc.ca 123
Slide 2: Theor Appl Genet genes which often confers a higher level of resistance than would be expected from the level of resistance demonstrated by the genes in isolation (Samborski and Dyck 1982). The resistance genes Lr34 (German and Kolmer 1992) and Lr13 (Kolmer 1992) were both demonstrated to enhance the level of resistance synergistically when in combination with other Lr genes. Complex stacks of Lr genes can be diYcult to construct using phenotypic selection. For example the Canadian cultivar Pasqua carries Wve Lr genes including Lr11, Lr13, Lr14b, Lr30 and Lr34, but failed to retain Lr16 and Lr22a from the parental cross (Dyck 1993a). With suitable markers a stack of seven Lr genes could have been stabilized in this cross. Close molecular markers for all Lr genes can help in the assembly and dissection of complex gene stacks in any cross. Lr22a has been physically mapped to chromosome 2DS using telocentric mapping (Rowland and Kerber 1974). In this paper we report both the genetic location and the identiWcation of a closely linked, unique molecular marker allele for Lr22a that was retained from Ae. tauschii. The application of this marker in diVerent genetic backgrounds was examined on a broad range of wheat germplasm. the procedures of McCallum and Seto-Goh (2003). Plants were grown with 16 h supplemental lighting in a greenhouse at approximately 20°C. Twelve days after inoculation plants were classiWed as resistant (infection types; to 1), moderately resistant (infection types 1+ to 2) and susceptible (infection types 3–4) as described by Stakman et al. (1962). Parents of the F2 population were tested for leaf rust resistance at the seedling and adult stage. Thatcher NILs and cultivars carrying Lr22a were grown in Weld plots at Glenlea, MB, Canada from 2003 to 2006 and 2002 to 2006, respectively, to observe Lr gene eVectiveness. Plants were infected with natural leaf rust inoculum and rows of susceptible wheat throughout the nurseries were artiWcially inoculated with a mixture of virulence phenotypes found in western Canada during the previous year. Adult-plants were rated for leaf rust based on a modiWed Cobb scale for incidence (Peterson et al. 1948) and severity was scored as R = resistant (Xecks and small uredinia with necrosis), MR = moderately resistant (large necrotic Xecks and large uredinia), M = moderate (mixture of uredinia sizes), MS = moderately susceptible (moderate to large uredinia with chlorosis), and S = susceptible (large uredinia without chlorosis or necrosis). Molecular mapping Materials and methods Plant material and populations Lr22a was previously transferred to a synthetic hexaploid RL5404 by crossing tetra-Canthatch (2n = 2x = 28, AABB) with Aegilops tauschii var. strangulata RL5271 (2n = 14, DD; Dyck and Kerber 1970; Rowland and Kerber 1974). This was followed by six backcrosses with Thatcher to produce the line RL6044 (Thatcher*7//tetra-Canthatch/ RL5271) which was then backcrossed with AC Domain to produce the leaf rust resistant line 98B34-T4B (AC Domain*6/RL6044) with Lr22a. RL5404 was also crossed with Neepawa (Neepawa*6/RL5404) to create the Lr22acarrying near-isogenic line (NIL) RL4495. An F2 population that segregated for Lr22a was created by crossing 98B34-T4B with the leaf rust susceptible line 98B26N1C01 (AC Domain*2/Sumai3//Grandin*2/AC Domain). Thatcher NILs carrying single Lr genes (Lr11, Lr13, Lr16, Lr22a and Lr34), cultivars carrying Lr22a (AC Minto) and cultivars believed to carry Lr22a (5500HR and 5600HR) were used in Weld tests to evaluate leaf rust resistance. Disease rating Segregation of Lr22a was followed in the 98B34T4B £ 98B26-N1C01 F2 population by inoculating Xag leaves with Puccinia triticina isolate TJBJ-77-2 (Long and Kolmer 1989; McCallum and Seto-Goh 2003) following DNA was extracted from lyophilized leaf tissue using a modiWed CTAB extraction (KleinhoVs et al. 1993). PCR was performed with a cycle of 2 min 94°C, then 1 min 95°C, 1 min 50–60°C, and 50 s 73°C for 30 cycles, followed by 5 min 73°C, using the following conditions: PCR buVer 1£, dNTPs 0.2 mM each, MgCl2 1.5 mM, primers 10 pmol each, Taq DNA polymerase 1 U, and approximately 50 ng genomic DNA. PCR products were separated on 5% denaturing polyacrylamide gels in TBE buVer (89 mM tris, 89 mM boric acid, 20 mM EDTA) at 85 W for 2 h, and stained with silver (Promega, Madison, WI, USA). Lr22a has been previously located on chromosome 2DS (Rowland and Kerber 1974). Microsatellite marker (SSR) alleles located on chromosome 2DS were compared between RL5271, RL5404, RL6044, Thatcher, 98B34T4B, and AC Domain. Polymorphic markers were tested for linkage to Lr22a using 68 of the susceptible individuals from the F2 population of 98B34-T4B £ 98B26-N1C01. Susceptible F2 plants were used for mapping because their genotypes at the Lr22a locus were known. These susceptible individuals were selected for pustule uniformity to avoid assigning homozygous susceptible genotypes at the Lr22 locus to heterozygous individuals that would falsely appear to be recombinants. The location of linked SSR alleles was conWrmed using nulli/tetra and ditelocentric cytogenetic stocks (Sears 1966; Sears and Sears 1978). SSR markers on chromosome 2DS were compared between RL5271, RL5404, RL6044, Thatcher, 98B34-T4B, 123
Slide 3: Theor Appl Genet AC Domain, RL4495, Neepawa, BW63, AC Minto, 5500HR, and 5600HR to determine which markers were co-introgressed with Lr22a from Ae. tauschii into Canadian wheat. New SSR markers were added to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Cereal Research Centre (AAFC-CRC) International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) genetic map (Opata85/Synthetic W-7984; Somers et al. unpublished, ITMI-CRC). A newly developed Opata85/Synthetic doubled haploid (DH) population was tested to conWrm the marker order on 2DS found in the ITMI-CRC population. The ITMI-CRC map was used to align the Lr22a linkage group with the genetic map of 2DS. Genetic distances were calculated using the Kosambi mapping function (Kosambi 1944). All maps were constructed using MapMaker version 3.0 (Lander et al. 1987). To asses the potential of GMW296, the closest marker to Lr22a, as a selection tool in varying genetic backgrounds 118 diVerent cultivars and breeding lines were surveyed (Table 2). Alleles from these genotypes were compared to the allele ampliWed from RL5271, the Ae. tauschii donor of Lr22a. Results Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite markers on chromosome 2DS were evaluated in Thatcher, AC Domain, the Aegilops tauschii donor of Lr22a (RL5271), the original synthetic (RL5404 = Tetra-Canthatch/RL5271) and two backcross lines (RL6044 = Thatcher*7/RL5404 and 98B34-T4B = AC Domain*6/RL6044). Microsatellite alleles from GWM296 and GWM455 were introgressed from RL5271 via RL5404 to these two resistant backcross lines (Table 1; Fig. 1). Thus GWM296 and GWM455 alleles from RL5271 have remained associated with Lr22a through a minimum of 13 cycles of recombination in common wheat. The same 14 SSR markers were used to assess the introgression of Lr22a into RL4495 (Neepawa*6/RL5404) and its derivatives which included BW63, AC Minto, 5500HR and 5600HR. RL4495 retained Ae. tauschii alleles from GWM455, GWM296, GWM261, WMC25, and WMC503, and transmitted them to its derivatives (Table 1). Two other introgression sizes were detected in RL4495, one with GWM455, GWM296, and GWM261, and one with GWM455 and GWM296. Since these introgressions are smaller than the one found in BW63 they cannot be in the line of descent to AC Minto, 5500HR and 5600HR as these cultivars have retained the largest introgression found in RL4495. In the F2 of 98B34-T4B £ 98B26-N1C01, 88 plants were resistant, 216 plants had a moderately resistant infection type and 102 plants were susceptible. These numbers Table 1 SSR alleles on chromosome 2DS introgressed along with Lr22a from Ae. tauschii into common wheat Locusa Alleles on 2DSb RL5271c BARC124 WMC111 GWM210 GWM455 GWM296 Lr22a GWM261 WMC025 WMC503 WMC112 WMC470 GWM484 WMC453 GWM102 GWM515 a b RL5404c T T T T T T T T T T T T T T RL4495 c A A A T T T T T A A A A1 A2 A BW63c A A A T T T T T A A A A1 A2 A AC Minto A A A T T T T T A A A A2 A1 A RL6044c A A A T T A A A A A A A1 A2 A 98B34-T4Bc A A A T T A A A A A A A2 A2 A Neepawa A A A A A A A A A A A A A1 A2 A Thatcher A A A A A A A A A A A A A1 A2 A AC Domain A A A A A A A A A A A A A2 A2 A T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T GWM markers are from Röder et al. (1998); WMC markers are from Somers et al. (2004); BARC markers are from Song et al. (2005) T = Ae. tauschii allele; A = T. aestivum allele; subscript numbers diVerentiate between alleles within the same species c RL5271 = Ae. tauschii donor of Lr22a; RL5404 = synthetic hexaploid from tetra-Canthatch/RL5271; RL4495 = Neepawa*6/RL5404; BW63 is derived from RL4495 and is the donor of Lr22a in all currently registered Canadian wheat cultivars; RL6044 = Thatcher*6/RL5404; 98B34T4B = AC Domain*6/RL6044. Two other introgressions were detected in RL4495 but are not shown because they lack the full introgression transferred to AC Minto via BW63 123
Slide 4: Theor Appl Genet Fig. 1 Alleles of GWM296 found in RL5271 (Lr22a donor), RL6044 (Thatcher*6/RL5271; carries Lr22a), Thatcher (recurrent wheat parent), Chinese Spring, nulli-2D/tetra-2B, nulli-2A/tetra-2B, ditelo 2DS, and ditelo 2DL on a silver-stained polyacrylamide gel. The allele associated with Lr22a has DNA fragments that are 131 and 121 bp in size. A common chromosome 2DS allele in the North American wheat lines tested has the 167 and 135 bp fragments. The 176 bp fragment is from the chromosome 2A locus Wt both a 3:1 ratio (resistant plus moderate resistant: susceptible; 23:1 = 0.02, P = 0.87), and a 1:2:1 ratio (resistant: moderate resistant: susceptible; 21:2:1 = 2.64, P = 0.27). As adult plants 98B34-T4B was resistant to P. triticina and 98B26-N1C01 was susceptible, while as seedlings both lines were susceptible. This conWrms that the F2 population segregated for the APR conferred by Lr22a. The Ae. tauschii alleles of GWM296 and GWM455 (both present in 98B34-T4B) were both polymorphic with respect to 98B26-N1C01. Based on 68 susceptible F2 plants representing 136 gametes, GWM296 was 2.9 cM and GWM455 was 4.4 cM from the Lr22a locus (Fig. 2). Testing with nulli-2D/tetra-2B, nulli-2A/tetra-2B, ditelo 2DS, and ditelo 2DL conWrmed that the locus of GWM296 shown to be linked to the APR of Lr22a was on chromosome 2DS (Fig. 1). A minor conXict exists between our proposed order for markers close to Lr22a and those published elsewhere (Raupp et al. 2001). The marker order was clariWed by regenotyping lines recombinant in the region and adding additional markers to the ITMI-CRC map. An alternate DH population from the ITMI cross was also used to make a comparative map. The DH map agreed with the ITMI-CRC map (data not shown). Based on these results, we concluded that the marker order on 2DS is as shown (Table 1; Fig. 2) with the GWM296 locus 2.9 cM distal to Lr22a. One hundred and Wve North American wheat cultivars and breeding lines, four Asian lines, eight European cultivars and one South American wheat cultivar were surveyed for alleles of GWM296 (Table 2). In total 14 alleles were detected, with the most common being that found in Thatcher (Fig. 1). Most Canadian hard-red spring wheat cultivars are derived from Thatcher (B. McCallum and R. DePauw unpublished). In this collection of wheat, the allele from Ae. tauschii RL5271 was present in those lines and cultivars that were expected to carry Lr22a and was absent from all others (Table 2). BW63 was heterogeneous for GWM296 with half the individuals tested carrying the RL5271 allele. Two products were ampliWed from RL5271 that were 131 and 121 bp in size (Fig. 1). The size range of all other chromosome 2DS alleles found were between 167 and 135 bp. Cultivars expected to carry Lr22a, including AC Minto, 5500HR, and 5600HR, showed strong resistance to P. triticina in the Weld from 2002 to 2006 (Table 3). Furthermore, no isolates of P. triticina that are virulent to Lr22a have been found in Canadian virulence surveys between 2002 and 2005 (McCallum and Seto-Goh 2005; McCallum and Seto-Goh unpublished data; Table 4). The Thatcher NILs tested in the Weld showed that Lr22a provided good resistance singly, while Lr34 showed moderate resistance, Lr16 provided moderate to poor resistance, and Lr11 and Lr13 showed no improved resistance compared to Thatcher (Table 3). Discussion Wheat SSR maps reveal that coverage by polymorphic markers is non-uniform (Somers et al. 2004). Of the three genomes of common wheat, the D genome was added most recently and has the shortest evolutionary life span at the hexaploid level. Therefore, the degree of polymorphism is lowest for the D genome chromosomes. By contrast, Ae. tauschii is an older, polymorphic, broadly distributed diploid that has contributed the D genome to many polyploids in the Triticeae. These diVerences in polymorphism were 123
Slide 5: Theor Appl Genet Fig. 2 Alignment of the Lr22a and ITMI-CRC maps with two previously published maps of chromosome 2DS. The map of 98B34-T4B/98B26-N1C01 was based on 68 F2 plants while the ITMI-CRC map was derived from 68 recombinant inbred lines from the cross of Opata85/ W-7984 (W-7984 = Ae. tauscii/ Altar84 durum; this cross is commonly called Opata/Synthetic). The map of Raupp et al. (2001) reports the mapping of Lr39, however, Singh et al. (2004) found that Lr39 = Lr41 evident in this study as all 14 SSR markers tested on chromosome 2DS were polymorphic between the Ae. tauschii accession RL5271 and the two recurrent parents, Thatcher and AC Domain. Thatcher and AC Domain were monomorphic for 13 of the 14 SSR markers (Table 1). In this study SSR markers previously mapped to 2DS were compared between backcross lines and the recurrent parents in order to identify candidate markers that might be linked to Lr22a. Out of the 14 loci investigated, two polymorphic markers were transferred through thirteen rounds of backcrossing and both were then shown to be closely linked to the target gene. This screening strategy was successful because of the high marker density and high degree of polymorphism between chromosome 2DS of Ae. tauschii and the corresponding chromosome of common wheat. Based on recombination in the F2 population, the minimum size of the segment introgressed into RL6044 and 98B34-T4B was 4.4 cM and the probable size was 9 cM (assuming the crossovers occurred at the midpoint of the Xanking intervals; Fig. 2). In contrast, the Lr22a introgression from RL5271, via RL5405, into RL4495 included up to Wve SSR markers. The largest introgression represents a minimum of 17 cM and a probable size of 20 cM as estimated from the ITMI-CRC map (Table 1; Fig. 2). This larger introgression has persisted from RL4495 into three Canadian cultivars, AC Minto, 5500HR, and 5600HR. Three-point linkage values observed in the F2 population (98B34-T4B/98B26-N1C01) conWrmed that Lr22a, GWM296 and GWM455 are closely linked (Fig. 2). In a study of durable leaf rust resistance in Swiss winter wheat, QTL analysis revealed a signiWcant narrow QTL close to the GWM296 locus (Schnurbusch et al. 2004). Schnurbusch et al. (2004) speculated that this QTL on 2DS could represent Lr22 and our data supports this hypothesis. GWM455 was previously reported to be polymorphic between Thatcher and RL6044 in an eVort to exclude Lr22a as an allele of other Lr genes introgressed from Ae. tauschii, but linkage experiments between Lr22a and GWM455 were not performed (Raupp et al. 2001). Other genes of interest are found near the Lr22 locus on chromosome 2DS. Lr41 (Lr41 = Lr39; Singh et al. 2004) is distal to GWM210 (Raupp et al. 2001) whereas Lr22a is proximal. The order of loci near Lr22 is inconsistent between our map (ITMI-CRC) and the map of Raupp et al. (2001). After re-genotyping lines recombinant on 2DS, the marker order as presented in the ITMI-CRC map is the most likely (Fig. 2). However, the marker orders in the ITMICRC map and the map presented by Raupp et al. (2001) both place Lr22a and Lr41 on opposite sides of GWM210 (Fig. 2). Both introgressions of Lr22a into wheat, RL6044 and RL4495, retained SSR markers proximal to GWM210. Furthermore, Lr41 is a seedling resistance gene and Lr22a is an adult plant resistance gene. McIntosh et al. (1995) recorded no instances of an adult-plant resistance gene with an allele that confers seedling resistance for any of the three rusts of wheat. In the particular case of Lr22 there are two alleles that have been reported and both provide adult-plant resistance (Rowland and Kerber 1974; Dyck 1979). This data agrees with the conclusion of Raupp et al. (2001) that Lr41 is not allelic to Lr22a. The dwarWng gene Rht8 is closely linked with GWM261 (Korzun et al. 1998) and is proximal to the Lr22 locus (Fig. 2). 123
Slide 6: Theor Appl Genet Table 2 Cultivars from diVerent geographical origins screened with GWM296, the closest marker to Lr22a, to survey allele diversity and cross-applicability Ae. tauschii allele North America 5500HR 5600HR AC Minto BW63 b Other allelesa North America 5601HR AC Barrie AC Bellatrix AC Cadillac AC Cora AC Domain AC Elsa AC Intrepid AC Majestic AC Readymade AC Splendor AC Tempest Alikat Alsen CDC Falcon CDC Kestrel CDC Osprey CDC Teal Columbus Grandin Invader Kanata Katepwa Lancer Laura McClintock McKenzie Neepawa Norstar Park Pasqua Prodigy Roblin Snowbird Somerset Superb Thatcher South America Frontana Asia Chinese Spring Nyu Bai Wuhan-1 Sumai-3 Europe Alcedo Alidos Altos Bezostaya Kontrast Milan 13 Welford Zentos Only named cultivars are listed. An additional 65 North American breeding lines were tested. Six of these breeding lines carried the Ae. tauschii allele. Five of these had AC Minto as a parent while the sixth line was 98B34-T4B (see “Materials and methods”) a Thirteen alleles of GWM296 were found in addition to the allele introgressed from Ae. tauschii b BW63 was not a released cultivar, however, it was an important Lr gene source in Canadian wheat breeding programs. The allele scores for BW63 indicate it was heterogeneous for the GWM296 marker and presumably for Lr22a Even though the D genome of wheat has reduced polymorphism, 14 alleles for GWM296 were identiWed on 2DS. Although both of the 2DS alleles illustrated in Fig. 1 have two fragments, other genotypes tested exhibited a single fragment. For example, the 2DS allele of GWM296 found in AC Splendor has a single fragment of 167 bp while Superb has fragments of 149 and 137 bp (not shown). Thus heterozygotes may have two, three or four fragments from chromosome 2DS while homozygotes may have one or two. Therefore caution is required when classifying an individual’s genotype without prior knowledge of parental haplotypes and the degree of homozygosity. It should be noted that GWM296 also ampliWed a locus on chromosome 2A; however, this larger fragment (176 § 4 bp) did not overlap with the 2DS fragments in any of the genotypes tested. Despite the allele diversity of GWM296 on chromosome 2D, the allele that was co-introgressed with Lr22a from Ae. tauschii was not found in any common wheat lines tested except for those believed to carry Lr22a (Table 2). The uniqueness of the GWM296 allele, ease of scoring, and its close association with Lr22a provides a means to include Lr22a in complex gene stacks and to classify existing lines for the distribution of Lr22a provisionally. In the survey of wheat breeding lines and cultivars GWM296 was useful in tracking the transmission of Lr22a through the genealogy of Canadian wheat. BW63 is an important source of leaf rust resistance in the pedigree of several Canadian bread wheat varieties containing Lr11, Lr14b, Lr22a, Lr30 and Lr34 (Dyck 1993a). The data indicated that BW63 was heterogeneous for the presence of Lr22a and this could explain why AC Minto (Columbus/ BW63//Katepwa/BW552; Townley-Smith et al. 1993) inherited Lr22a from BW63 while Pasqua (BW63*2/ Columbus) did not (Dyck 1993a). Since BW63 would have demonstrated a high degree of adult-plant resistance it would have been diYcult to track the incorporation Lr22a during the development of Pasqua. All of the Canadian cultivars (Table 2) and breeding lines tested that inherited the RL5271 allele of GWM296, and presumably Lr22a, were derived from AC Minto except for 98B34-T4B (AC Domain*6/3/Thatcher*7//tetra-Canthatch/Ae. tauschii RL5271). In Canada Lr22a is deployed in AC Minto (registered in 1991) and putatively in 5500HR (2000) and 5600HR (1999). There are no reports of US cultivars that carry Lr22a (JA Kolmer, personal communication). The Canadian cultivars that carry Lr22a have only occupied small percentages (0.13–0.95%) of the wheat production area in Canada from 1998 to 2006 (Canadian Wheat Board, http:// www.cwb.ca). Thus Lr22a has had relatively low exposure to P. triticina in Canada and the US. The detection of an ineVective race-speciWc “b” allele of Lr22 (Dyck 1979) implies that Lr22a will also prove to be race speciWc. The absence of virulence on Lr22a could be explained in part by its lack of exposure to P. triticina. AC Minto carries Lr11, Lr13 and Lr22a (Kolmer 1997). Presense of Lr22a in AC Minto is conWrmed by presense of the Wve Ae. tauschii alleles found in BW63 (Table 1). Each year AC Minto showed Weld resistance that was better than the Lr22a NIL, indicating that Lr13 and/or Lr11 had the ability to interact synergistically with Lr22a even though they were ineVective independently (Table 3). Lr13 is known to interact synergistically with some other Lr genes (Kolmer 1992), however, no data has been reported on the potential interaction between Lr13 and Lr22a. Cultivars 5600HR (AC Minto//Columbus/Roblin) and 5500HR (AC Minto/3/MN72506/Columbus//RL4473) both received the Ae. tauschii alleles found in BW63, and presumably Lr22a, via AC Minto (Table 1). In addition to Lr22a, 5600HR and 5500HR may also carry Lr11, Lr13, and Lr16, and Lr11 and Lr16, respectively, based on pedigree and their 123
Slide 7: Theor Appl Genet Table 3 Virulence of P. triticina on Lr22a and to selected cultivars and NILs in Canada Year No. of isolatesa 71 29 58 81 – Virulence on Lr22a 0 0 0 0 – Field reaction to P. triticinae AC Mintob TR R TR R 3 MR 15 RMR 0R 5600 HRc TR R 0R 0R 5 RMR 0R 5500 HRc 10 RMR 0R 15 MR 5 RMR 0R Tcd 80 S 80 S 80 S 80 S 80 S Tc-Lr11d – 70 S 80 S 80 S 80 S Tc-Lr13d – 80 S 80 S 80 S 80 S Tc-Lr16d – 65 M 60 M 70 MSS 50 M Tc-Lr22ad – 7 RMR 19 MR 20 M 10 RMR Tc-Lr34d – 25 M 20 M 40 M 40 M 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 a Survey of Canadian P. triticina isolates for 2002 is from McCallum and Seto-Goh (2005) and (2003) to (2005) is from McCallum and Seto-Goh (unpublished data) b AC Minto is reported to have Lr11, Lr13 and Lr22a (Kolmer 1992) c 5600 HR and 5500 HR are derivatives of AC Minto that carry the SSR allele linked to Lr22a. Our evidence suggests that these cultivars carry Lr11, Lr16 and Lr22a. It is also possible that these two carry Lr34 d Tc = Thatcher, Tc-Lr11 = RL6053, Tc-Lr13 = RL4031, Tc-Lr16 = RL6005, Tc-Lr22a = RL6044, Tc-Lr34 = RL6058 e Field ratings are based on a modiWed Cobb scale for incidence (Peterson et al. 1948) and severity was scored as R resistant (Xecks and small uredinia with necrosis), MR moderately resistant (large necrotic Xecks and large uredinia), M moderate (mixture of uredinia sizes), MS moderately susceptible (moderate to large uredinia with chlorosis), and S susceptible (large uredinia without chlorosis or necrosis) reactions to diVerent P. triticina virulence phenotypes (Samborski and Dyck 1982; Dyck 1993b; B. McCallum unpublished). In the Weld all three Canadian cultivars that carry Lr22a showed leaf rust resistance that is better than the individual genetic components of their resistance (Table 3). Although Lr22a appeared to be the key component of the leaf rust resistance in these cultivars, the undesirable scenario where Lr22a is deployed as a single resistance gene has not occurred. It would be desirable to stack Lr22a with other broadly eVective resistance genes such as Lr21 (Huang and Gill 2001; Huang et al. 2003) or Lr34 (Lagudah et al. 2006) that have been characterized with reliable DNA markers. While the markers and mapping we have described can facilitate the stacking of Lr22a with Lr21, in fact markers are not needed to stack these two genes together. Lr21, or other seedling Lr genes, could be detected in the presence of Lr22a with seedling tests while Lr22a could be Wxed by top crossing or back crossing with one or more “single gene” lines. Markers may prove more beneWcial in complex crosses with several Lr genes segregating. The low level of deployment in commercial cultivars and the lack of reported virulence to Lr22a (Table 3; Park and McIntosh 1994; McCallum and Seto-Goh 2005; Kolmer et al. 2005) make it a good candidate for use in Lr gene stacks. While various strategies can be used to include Lr22a in complex gene combinations, the marker reported here will facilitate gene stacking without the need to backcross. With careful management Lr22a could be widely deployed while maintaining its status as a broad-spectrum and eVective Lr gene. Acknowledgments C. Hiebert thanks the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship. Additional Wnancial support was received from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Matching Investment Initiative and the Western Grains Research Foundation Check-oV. Inoculum was provided by Pat Seto-Goh. Figure formatting assistance was provided by Mike Shillinglaw. 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