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Novel resistance to the Bymovirus BaMMV established by targeted mutagenesis of the PDIL5‐1 susceptibility gene in barley

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Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
Hoffie, Robert Eric;
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1059141701
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Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Perovic, Dragan;
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1059141299
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Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Habekuß, Antje;
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172295300
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Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Ordon, Frank;
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172798132
Affiliation
Plant Reproductive Biology, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
Kumlehn, Jochen

The Potyviridae are the largest family of plant-pathogenic viruses. Members of this family are the soil-borne bymoviruses barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV) and barley mild mosaic virus (BaMMV), which, upon infection of young winter barley seedlings in autumn, can cause yield losses as high as 50%. Resistance breeding plays a major role in coping with these pathogens. However, some viral strains have overcome the most widely used resistance. Thus, there is a need for novel sources of resistance. In ancient landraces and wild relatives of cultivated barley, alleles of the susceptibility factor PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE LIKE 5- 1 (PDILS-1) were identified to confer resistance to all known strains of BaYMV and BaMMV. Although the gene is highly conserved throughout all eukaryotes, barley is thus far the only species for which PDILS-1-based virus resistance has been reported. Whereas introgression by crossing to the European winter barley breeding pool is tedious, time-consuming and additionally associated with unwanted linkage drag, the present study exemplifies an approach to targeted mutagenesis of two barley cultivars employing CRISPR-associated endonuclease technology to induce site-directed mutations similar to those described for PDILS-1 alleles that render certain landraces resistant. Homozygous primary mutants were produced in winter barley, and transgene-free homozygous M2 mutants were produced in spring barley. A variety of mutants carrying novel PDILS-1 alleles were mechanically inoculated with BaMMV, by which all frameshift mutations and certain inframe mutations were demonstrated to confer resistance to this virus. Under greenhouse conditions, virus-resistant mutants showed no adverse effects in terms of growth and yield.

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