Abstract
Potato Virus Y (PVY) is one of the most important pathogens affecting potato production worldwide. Here we tested the efficacy of engineered resistance against PVY in two popular susceptible potato varieties, Russet Norkotah and Atlantic. This resistance is based on the expression of a modified potato eIF4E gene containing mutations homologous to those in the recessive resistant allelic variant found in pepper. The expression of this eIF4E variant conferred differential resistance responses against three prevalent PVY strains including PVYO, PVYN:O and PVYNTN in the five tested transgenic lines. When resistance was established, the virus was not detectable in the inoculated leaves, the newly emerged leaves, nor in the sprouted tubers. Some strains were restrained to a low but detectable level in some of the potato lines. Crosses between transformed and wild type lines demonstrated that the engineered resistance gene was inherited in a dominant manner.
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