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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2011, Vol. 10 Issue (6): 827-837    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(11)60068-0
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Natural Variation of Pto and Fen Genes and Marker-Assisted Selection for Resistance to Bacterial Speck in Tomato
SUN Wan-yu, ZHAO Wan-ying, WANG Yuan-yuan, PEI Cheng-cheng and YANG Wen-cai
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
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摘要  The resistance in tomato plants to bacterial speck caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is triggered by the interactions between the plant resistance protein Pto and the pathogen avirulence proteins AvrPto or AvrPtoB. Fen is a gene encoding closely related functional protein kinases as the Pto gene. To investigate the status of resistance to the pathogen and natural variation of Pto and Fen genes in tomato, 67 lines including 29 growing in China were subject to disease resistance evaluation and fenthion-sensitivity test. Alleles of Pto and Fen were amplified from genomic DNA of 25 tomato lines using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequences were determined by sequencing the PCR products. The results indicated that none of the 29 cultivars/hybrids growing in China were resistant to bacterial speck race 0 strain DC3000. Seven of eight tomato lines resistant to DC3000 were also fenthion-sensitive. Analysis of deduced amino acid sequences identified three novel residue substitutions between Pto and pto, and one new substitution identified between Fen and fen. A PCR-based marker was developed and successfully used to select plants with resistance to DC3000.

Abstract  The resistance in tomato plants to bacterial speck caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is triggered by the interactions between the plant resistance protein Pto and the pathogen avirulence proteins AvrPto or AvrPtoB. Fen is a gene encoding closely related functional protein kinases as the Pto gene. To investigate the status of resistance to the pathogen and natural variation of Pto and Fen genes in tomato, 67 lines including 29 growing in China were subject to disease resistance evaluation and fenthion-sensitivity test. Alleles of Pto and Fen were amplified from genomic DNA of 25 tomato lines using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequences were determined by sequencing the PCR products. The results indicated that none of the 29 cultivars/hybrids growing in China were resistant to bacterial speck race 0 strain DC3000. Seven of eight tomato lines resistant to DC3000 were also fenthion-sensitive. Analysis of deduced amino acid sequences identified three novel residue substitutions between Pto and pto, and one new substitution identified between Fen and fen. A PCR-based marker was developed and successfully used to select plants with resistance to DC3000.
Keywords:  tomato      bacterial speck      Pto      Fen      natural variation      marker-assisted selection  
Received: 10 June 2011   Accepted: Online: 10 June 2011  
Corresponding Authors:  YANG Wen-cai   
About author:  SUN Wan-yu, E-mail: wanyu-920@163.com; Correspondence YANG Wen-cai, Professor, Tel: +86-10-62734136, E-mail: yangwencai@cau.edu.cn

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SUN Wan-yu, ZHAO Wan-ying, WANG Yuan-yuan, PEI Cheng-cheng and YANG Wen-cai. 2011. Natural Variation of Pto and Fen Genes and Marker-Assisted Selection for Resistance to Bacterial Speck in Tomato. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 10(6): 827-837.

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