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Efficient targeting of plant disease resistance loci using NBS profiling

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The conserved sequences in the nucleotide-binding sites of the nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) class of disease resistance (R) genes have been used for PCR-based R-gene isolation and subsequent development of molecular markers. Here we present a PCR-based approach (NBS profiling) that efficiently targets R genes and R-gene analogs (RGAs) and, at the same time, produces polymorphic markers in these genes. In NBS profiling, genomic DNA is digested with a restriction enzyme, and an NBS-specific (degenerate) primer is used in a PCR reaction towards an adapter linked to the resulting DNA fragments. The NBS profiling protocol generates a reproducible polymorphic multilocus marker profile on a sequencing gel that is highly enriched for R genes and RGAs. NBS profiling was successfully used in potato with several restriction enzymes, and several primers targeted to different conserved motifs in the NBS. Across primers and enzymes, the NBS profiles contained 50–90% fragments that were significantly similar to known R-gene and RGA sequences. The protocol was similarly successful in other crops (including tomato, barley, and lettuce) without modifications. NBS profiling can thus be used to produce markers tightly linked to R genes and R-gene clusters for genomic mapping and positional cloning and to mine for new alleles and new sources of disease resistance in available germplasm.

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The authors wish to thank Dr. Edwin van der Vossen for critically reading the manuscript. This study has been carried out with financial support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries of The Netherlands (DLO program 283) and from the Commission of the European Communities, contract BIO4-98-033. It does not necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates the Commission’s future policy in this area.

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  1. Virag Mihalka

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  2. Elena Z. Kochieva

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    C. Gerard van der Linden, Doret C. A. E. Wouters, Virag Mihalka, Elena Z. Kochieva, Marinus J. M. Smulders & Ben Vosman

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van der Linden, C.G., Wouters, D.C.A.E., Mihalka, V. et al. Efficient targeting of plant disease resistance loci using NBS profiling. Theor Appl Genet 109, 384–393 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-004-1642-8

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