Abstract
Most commercially important rootstocks for peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] had been selected for resistance to one or more of the root-knot nematode (RKN) species: Meloidogyne incognita, M. arenaria, and M. javanica. The peach root-knot nematode, M. floridensis (MF), is a relatively newly discovered threat to peach and is not controlled by resistance genes in “Nemared,” “Nemaguard,” and “Okinawa.” The “Flordaguard” peach seedling rootstock, conventionally bred to provide resistance to MF, has solely been used for low-chill peach production in Florida for over 20 years and has already shown signs of resistance breakdown. A source of high resistance to the pathogenic MF isolate (“MFGnv14”) was identified from wild peach Prunus kansuensis Rehder (Kansu peach), thereby suggesting the potential for broadening spectrum and increasing durability of resistance in peach rootstocks through interspecific hybridization with P. kansuensis. Using 12 F2 and BC1F1 populations derived from crosses between Okinawa or Flordaguard peach and P. kansuensis populations, we examined the genetic control for MF resistance by identifying associated microsatellite markers and determining genomic location of the resistance locus. One microsatellite marker (UDP98-025) showed strong and consistent association with resistance based on root-galling index. The resistance locus was mapped on the subtelomeric region of linkage group 2, co-localizing with other previously reported RKN resistance genes in Prunus. Segregation of gall-index-based resistance observed in F2 and BC1F1 populations is compatible with the involvement of a multiallelic locus wherein a dominant (Mf1) or recessive (mf3) resistance allele is inherited from P. kansuensis, and susceptibility alleles (mf2) from peach.
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