Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties

Background. There are strict requirements for a modern flax cultivar. It must have a whole set of valuable characters, including rust resistance.Materials and methods. The flax collection of 2485 accessions held by VIR was evaluated using artificial provocative infection.Results. Almost all domestic...

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Main Authors: S. N. Kutuzova, E. A. Porokhovinova, N. B. Brutch, A. V. Pavlov
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Language:English
Published: N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources 2020-06-01
Series:Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции
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Online Access:https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/627
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author S. N. Kutuzova
E. A. Porokhovinova
N. B. Brutch
A. V. Pavlov
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description Background. There are strict requirements for a modern flax cultivar. It must have a whole set of valuable characters, including rust resistance.Materials and methods. The flax collection of 2485 accessions held by VIR was evaluated using artificial provocative infection.Results. Almost all domestic and foreign accessions and varieties collected before 1957 were highly or extremely susceptible to rust. Five Russian kryazhs and cv. ‘GDS-3’ developed at VIR were found to retain rust resistance up to the present moment. Lines derived from them and from three foreign varieties, with an identified number of the original effective R genes, were submitted to breeders. Nineteen donors with a set of economically useful traits, analogous to cvs. ‘Orshansky 2’ and ‘Prizyv 81’ and carrying the same genes, were produced and distributed to breeders. The VIR collection holds 10 donors of rust resistance with high fiber content developed at the All-Russian Research Institute of Flax. Some donors of resistance to other diseases released by the same Institute also possess high rust resistance, thus forming a rich stock of source material. The first cultivar relatively resistant to rust (‘L-1120’) was released in 1951. Possessing polygenic resistance, it was also resistant to Fusarium wilt and lodging, so it was widely used for breeding other cultivars with similar characteristics. As their cultivation expanded, the harvest losses caused by rust dropped. The first rust-resistant cultivar with oligogenic resistance (‘Tomsky 16’) appeared in 1990. By now, many cultivars protected by R genes of rust resistance have been developed. They combine this trait with resistance to Fusarium and lodging, high yield, and high fiber content. Flax rust incidence is not a problem anymore.Conclusion. Plant breeders have at their disposal a rich stock of source material preserved in the VIR collection to produce resistant flax cultivars. The use of rust resistance donors in hybridization cannot disrupt the most important properties of a cultivar.
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spelling doaj.art-12f80e20362d46bb94d877b640b84c462024-01-22T19:30:11ZengN.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic ResourcesТруды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции2227-88342619-09822020-06-011812576410.30901/2227-8834-2020-2-57-64432Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varietiesS. N. Kutuzova0E. A. Porokhovinova1N. B. Brutch2A. V. Pavlov3N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic ResourcesN.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic ResourcesN.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic ResourcesN.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic ResourcesBackground. There are strict requirements for a modern flax cultivar. It must have a whole set of valuable characters, including rust resistance.Materials and methods. The flax collection of 2485 accessions held by VIR was evaluated using artificial provocative infection.Results. Almost all domestic and foreign accessions and varieties collected before 1957 were highly or extremely susceptible to rust. Five Russian kryazhs and cv. ‘GDS-3’ developed at VIR were found to retain rust resistance up to the present moment. Lines derived from them and from three foreign varieties, with an identified number of the original effective R genes, were submitted to breeders. Nineteen donors with a set of economically useful traits, analogous to cvs. ‘Orshansky 2’ and ‘Prizyv 81’ and carrying the same genes, were produced and distributed to breeders. The VIR collection holds 10 donors of rust resistance with high fiber content developed at the All-Russian Research Institute of Flax. Some donors of resistance to other diseases released by the same Institute also possess high rust resistance, thus forming a rich stock of source material. The first cultivar relatively resistant to rust (‘L-1120’) was released in 1951. Possessing polygenic resistance, it was also resistant to Fusarium wilt and lodging, so it was widely used for breeding other cultivars with similar characteristics. As their cultivation expanded, the harvest losses caused by rust dropped. The first rust-resistant cultivar with oligogenic resistance (‘Tomsky 16’) appeared in 1990. By now, many cultivars protected by R genes of rust resistance have been developed. They combine this trait with resistance to Fusarium and lodging, high yield, and high fiber content. Flax rust incidence is not a problem anymore.Conclusion. Plant breeders have at their disposal a rich stock of source material preserved in the VIR collection to produce resistant flax cultivars. The use of rust resistance donors in hybridization cannot disrupt the most important properties of a cultivar.https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/627melampsora lini (pers.) lev.rust resistance genespolygenic resistancedonors of resistance
spellingShingle S. N. Kutuzova
E. A. Porokhovinova
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A. V. Pavlov
Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции
melampsora lini (pers.) lev.
rust resistance genes
polygenic resistance
donors of resistance
title Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
title_full Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
title_fullStr Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
title_full_unstemmed Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
title_short Worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at VIR, and breeding of rust-resistant varieties
title_sort worldwide gene pool of fiber flax at vir and breeding of rust resistant varieties
topic melampsora lini (pers.) lev.
rust resistance genes
polygenic resistance
donors of resistance
url https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/627
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