Barley mutants with enhanced level of resistance to Swedish isolates of Bipolaris sorokiniana, casual agent of spot blotch

Abstract

Spot blotch, caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana, has become an increasingly important disease on barley in Sweden. In order to enhance our knowledge of this disease, eight Swedish B. sorokiniana isolates were assessed for their virulence pathotype on 30 barley genotypes including eight lines of mutant origin, designated B. sorokiniana tolerant (bst). A leaf screen assay revealed the presence of virulence groups 1 and 7 in Sweden. Several mutant genotypes demonstrated enhanced resistance responses (P = 0.0001), of which bst1:3 had the lowest leaf scoring value to the most virulent isolate, Swe2 (virulence group 7). To evaluate the host root responses, two contrasting isolates Swe2 and Swe4 (virulence group 7 and 1) were used to inoculate a set of eight differential lines, including four promising mutant lines from the leaf screen. Mutant bst1:6 was significantly less susceptible (P = 0.001) compared with the other barley genotypes tested, independent of the two isolates used. Mutants bst1, bst1:3 and bst1:4, which displayed less or no spots, are also considered promising genotypes for further breeding attempts.

Keywords

Barley; Bipolaris sorokiniana; Cochliobolus sativus; disease resistance; lesion mimic mutants; spot blotch

Published in

Plant Breeding
2008, Volume: 127, number: 6, pages: 639-643
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING

SLU Authors

• Persson, Mattias

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Falk, Anders

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Dixelius, Christina

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01527.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/19011