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An investigation of resistance to the white potato cyst-nematode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. F. B. Dale
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian
M. S. Phillips
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian

Summary

The inheritance of resistance to Globodera pallida was studied in seedling progenies derived from Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 2802 (H3) and S. vernei and compared with resistance to G. rostochiensis derived from S. tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 1673(H1). The resistance of CPC 2802 was originally thought to be due to a major gene (H3), but results presented here demonstrate that it and that derived from S. vernei are inherited in a similar manner quite distinct from the major gene inheritance from CPC 1673 (HI). It is concluded that the resistances derived from CPC 2802 and S. vernei are both polygenic in nature. These findings are discussed in relation to breeding policy and screening methods.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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