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SSR markers for marker assisted selection of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) resistant plants in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L)

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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) cultivars highly resistant to the southern root-knot nematode (RKN) [Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood] are not available. Resistant germplasm lines are available; however, the difficulty of selecting true breeding lines has hindered applied breeding and no highly resistant cultivars are available to growers. Recently, molecular markers on chromosomes 11 and 14 have been associated with RKN resistance, thus opening the way for marker assisted selection (MAS) in applied breeding. Our study aimed to determine the utility of these markers for MAS. Cross one was RKN resistant germplasm M240 RNR × the susceptible cultivar, FM966 and is representative of the initial cross a breeder would make to develop a RKN resistant cultivar. Cross two consists of Clevewilt 6 × Mexico Wild (PI563649), which are the two lines originally used to develop the first highly RKN resistant germplasm. Mexico Wild is photoperiodic. We phenotyped the F2 of cross one for gall index and number of RKN eggs per plant and genotyped each plant for CIR 316 (chromosome 11) and BNL 3661 (chromosome 14). From this, we verified that MAS was effective, and the QTL on chromosome 14 was primarily associated with a dominant RKN resistance gene affecting reproduction. In the first F2 population of cross two, we used MAS to identify 11 plants homozygous for the markers on chromosomes 11 and 14, and which also flowered in long days. Progeny of these 11 plants were phenotyped for RKN gall index and egg number and confirmed as RKN highly resistant plants. Generally about 7–10 generations of RKN phenotyping and progeny testing were required to develop the original RKN highly resistant germplasms. Our results show that commercial breeders should be able to use the markers in MAS to rapidly develop RKN resistant cultivars.

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Abbreviations

RKN:

Root-knot nematode

MAS:

Marker assisted selection

FM966:

Fibermax cultivar

SSR:

Simple sequence repeat

BNL:

Brookhaven National Laborataory

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  1. Osman A. Gutierrez

    Present address: USDA, ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL, 33158, USA

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  1. Crop Science Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Martin J. Wubben, Russell Hayes, Franklin Callahan & Dewayne Deng

  2. Plant and Soil Sciences Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Osman A. Gutierrez

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Jenkins, J.N., McCarty, J.C., Wubben, M.J. et al. SSR markers for marker assisted selection of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) resistant plants in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L). Euphytica 183, 49–54 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-011-0470-6

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