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Fine mapping a QTL for BYDV-PAV resistance in maize

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Heinrich Heine University, Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Germany
Schmidt, Maria;
Affiliation
Heinrich Heine University, Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Germany
Guerreiro, Ricardo;
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Heinrich Heine University, Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Germany
Baig, Nadia;
GND
1059141299
Affiliation
Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Habekuß, Antje;
GND
137978146
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Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Will, Torsten;
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1137489456
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Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany
Ruckwied, Britta;
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133077462
Affiliation
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institut für Züchtungsforschung an Landwirtschaftlichen Kulturen, Deutschland
Stich, Benjamin

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is one of the economically most important virus diseases of cereals worldwide, causing yield losses up to 80%. The means to control BYD are limited, and the use of genetically resistant cultivars is the most economical and environmentally friendly approach. The objectives of this study were i) to identify the causative gene for BYD virus (BYDV)-PAV resistance in maize, ii) to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms and/or structural variations in the gene sequences, which may cause differing susceptibilities to BYDV-PAV of maize inbreds, and iii) to characterize the effect of BYDV-PAV infection on gene expression of susceptible, tolerant, and resistant maize inbreds. Using two biparental mapping populations, we could reduce a previously published quantitative trait locus for BYDV-PAV resistance in maize to ~ 0.3 Mbp, comprising nine genes. Association mapping and gene expression analysis further reduced the number of candidate genes for BYDV-PAV resistance in maize to two: Zm00001eb428010 and Zm00001eb428020. The predicted functions of these genes suggest that they confer BYDV-PAV resistance either via interfering with virus replication or by inducing reactive oxygen species signaling. The gene sequence of Zm00001eb428010 is affected by a 54 bp deletion in the 5`-UTR and a protein altering variant in BYDV-PAV-resistant maize inbreds but not in BYDV-PAV-susceptible and -tolerant inbreds. This finding suggests that altered abundance and/or properties of the proteins encoded by Zm00001eb428010 may lead to BYDV-PAV resistance.

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