Abstract
Resistance to ascochyta blight of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus),caused by the fungus Ascochyta lentis, is determined by a single recessive gene, ral 2, in the lentil cultivar Indian head. Sixty F2 individuals from a cross between Eston (susceptible) and Indian head (resistant) lentil were analyzed for the presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers linked to the ral 2gene, using bulked segregant analysis (BSA). Out of 800 decanucleotide primers screened, two produced polymorphic markers that co-segregated with the resistance locus. These two RAPD markers, UBC2271290and OPD-10870, flanked and were linked in repulsion phase to the gene ral 2 at 12 cm and 16 cm, respectively. The RAPD fragments were converted to SCAR markers. The SCAR marker developed from UBC2271290 could not detect any polymorphism between the two parents or in the F2. The SCAR marker developed from OPD-10870 retained its polymorphism. The polymorphic RAPD marker UBC2271290 and the SCAR marker developed from OPD-10870 can be used together in a marker assisted selection program for ascochyta blight resistance in lentil.
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