Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources

Black spot disease, caused by <i>Alternaria alternata</i>, results in enormous losses in broccoli production. The current measures to prevent black spot disease mainly rely on seed disinfection and chemical control, but excellent disease-resistance resources are relatively scarce. In thi...

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Main Authors: Quan Zhang, Ferdinando Branca, Ning Li, Ning Liu, Yunhua Ding
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author Quan Zhang
Ferdinando Branca
Ning Li
Ning Liu
Yunhua Ding
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Ferdinando Branca
Ning Li
Ning Liu
Yunhua Ding
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description Black spot disease, caused by <i>Alternaria alternata</i>, results in enormous losses in broccoli production. The current measures to prevent black spot disease mainly rely on seed disinfection and chemical control, but excellent disease-resistance resources are relatively scarce. In this study, we screened primers for black spot disease identification and conducted black spot disease resistance identification of 173 lines, including 70 hybrid lines and 103 inbred lines. Based on the phenotype, we have set five grades to present different symptoms of illness: high disease resistance, disease resistance, disease tolerance, susceptibility, and high susceptibility (the disease resistance gradually weakens). According to our phenotypic evaluations, 3, 55, 65, 45, and 5 lines were classified into high disease resistance, disease resistance, disease tolerance, susceptible, and high susceptibility, respectively. By comparing the proportion of resistant lines between hybrid and inbred lines, we noticed that the frequency of hybrid varieties with high disease resistance and disease resistance (28.57%) was lower than that in inbred lines (36.89%), indicating that the resistance resources have not yet been effectively utilized in hybrid broccoli breeding. Therefore, our results identified the resistance resources to black spot disease in broccoli, which lays the foundation for the exploration of disease resistance genes as well as the analysis of disease resistance mechanisms in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-6496cef77be847a98417b6257a33ea512024-04-12T13:15:05ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-03-01147288310.3390/app14072883Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm ResourcesQuan Zhang0Ferdinando Branca1Ning Li2Ning Liu3Yunhua Ding4State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, ChinaDepartment of Agriculture, Food, and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123 Catania, ItalyState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, ChinaBlack spot disease, caused by <i>Alternaria alternata</i>, results in enormous losses in broccoli production. The current measures to prevent black spot disease mainly rely on seed disinfection and chemical control, but excellent disease-resistance resources are relatively scarce. In this study, we screened primers for black spot disease identification and conducted black spot disease resistance identification of 173 lines, including 70 hybrid lines and 103 inbred lines. Based on the phenotype, we have set five grades to present different symptoms of illness: high disease resistance, disease resistance, disease tolerance, susceptibility, and high susceptibility (the disease resistance gradually weakens). According to our phenotypic evaluations, 3, 55, 65, 45, and 5 lines were classified into high disease resistance, disease resistance, disease tolerance, susceptible, and high susceptibility, respectively. By comparing the proportion of resistant lines between hybrid and inbred lines, we noticed that the frequency of hybrid varieties with high disease resistance and disease resistance (28.57%) was lower than that in inbred lines (36.89%), indicating that the resistance resources have not yet been effectively utilized in hybrid broccoli breeding. Therefore, our results identified the resistance resources to black spot disease in broccoli, which lays the foundation for the exploration of disease resistance genes as well as the analysis of disease resistance mechanisms in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/7/2883broccoliblack spot diseasegermplasm resourcesbreeding
spellingShingle Quan Zhang
Ferdinando Branca
Ning Li
Ning Liu
Yunhua Ding
Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
Applied Sciences
broccoli
black spot disease
germplasm resources
breeding
title Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
title_full Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
title_fullStr Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
title_short Identification of Black Spot Resistance in Broccoli (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. var. <i>italica</i>) Germplasm Resources
title_sort identification of black spot resistance in broccoli i brassica oleracea i l var i italica i germplasm resources
topic broccoli
black spot disease
germplasm resources
breeding
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/7/2883
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