Abstract
The jasmonic acid (JA) pathway is involved in the defense mechanisms induced in plants on pathogen attack and the enzyme 12-oxophytodienoate reductase (OPR3) catalyses one of the final steps of JA synthesis. A CAPS marker, OprDM, has been developed using primers designed from the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)OPR3 cDNA sequence. Sequencing verified that the sequence of the marker derived from potato (Solanum tuberosum) genomic DNA was 98% identical to the corresponding section of that from tomatoOPR3 cDNA. The marker was mapped and examined for association with QTLs for resistance to foliage late blight in potato. OprDM mapped close to marker GP121 on chromosome VII ofS. tuberosum. No marker sequence or clone forOPR3 has previously been mapped in potato or tomato. Results indicated the presence of two putative QTLs for foliage resistance on chromosome VII close to OprDM and CP56. The marker primers could be useful in other studies involving enzymes of the JA synthesis pathway in polymorphicSolanum populations.
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