Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (2004) 55, 315-319

J. Cheong, H. Wallwork and K.J. Williams (2004)
Identification of a major QTL for yellow leaf spot resistance in the wheat varieties Brookton and Cranbrook
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 55 (3), 315-319
Abstract: Yellow leaf spot (YLS) or tan spot, caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, is a major foliar disease of wheat. A bioassay was used to identify YLS seedling resistance phenotypes of Krichauff/Brookton and Cranbrook/Halberd doubled-haploid (DH) populations. Bulked-segregant analysis was used to identify amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers linked to a YLS resistance locus in the wheat cultivar Brookton. Three AFLPs were linked to YLS resistance and also to each other. One of these AFLPs was mapped to the interval Xbcd351-Xcdo400, which has been assigned to chromosome 5BL. Microsatellite markers in this region were selected from several maps and were genotyped on the Krichauff/Brookton population. Together with the bulked segregant analysis (BSA)-derived AFLPs, the microsatellite markers explained up to 39% of the total phenotypic variation (logarithm of odds ratio, LOD > 7.32), confirming the chromosome 5BL assignment of a Brookton YLS resistance locus, at or near the previously identified Pyrenophora tritici-repentis toxin-insensitivity locus tsn1. The marker-trait linkage was validated in the Cranbrook/Halberd DH population, in which the same microsatellite markers explained up to 60% of the total trait variance for YLS. The markers identified can be used for the selection of the Brookton and Cranbrook YLS seedling resistance locus on chromosome 5B.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	Wheat (Triticum)