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                                            SHAW, DOUGLAS - UNIV OF CALIF, DAVISitem
                                            HANSEN, JOHN - UNIV OF CALIF, DAVISitem
                                            Browne, Gregitem
                                            SHAW, S - UNIV OF CALIF, DAVIS
  Submitted to: Plant Pathology
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 2/1/2008
                                    Publication  Date: 4/1/2008
                                    Citation: Shaw, D.V., Hansen, J., Browne, G.T., Shaw, S.M. 2008. Components of genetic variation for resistance of strawberry to phytophthora cactorum estimated using segregating seedling populations and their parent genotypes. Plant Pathology. 57:210-215.Interpretive Summary: Inheritance of genetic resistance to Phytophthora cactorum, an important crown pathogen of strawberry, was examined in seedling populations of strawberry to 1) quantify likelihood of successful transmission of the resistance from parent genotypes to subsequent generations and 2) examine consistency of components of the variation in seedling vs. runner plant assays. Seedlings from 50 bi-parental crosses among 20 elite genotypes were evaluated for resistance to P. cactorum after artificial inoculation. Plots of seedlings or runner plants were rated using a disease severity score and the percentage of stunted plants per plot. The distribution of cross means for percentages of plants with stunting was highly skewed; 79% of the inoculated seedlings showed some level of stunting compared to non-inoculated control seedlings, and all but one of the crosses had 50% or more stunted plants. Disease severity scores for the bi-parental crosses were normally distributed and expressed a range of variation not reflected by the percentage of visibly stunted plants. Factorial analysis based on seedling plot means demonstrated significant additive genetic variance for the disease severity score, and the additive genetic variance was 1.9x as large as the estimated dominance variance. The cross-mean heritability was h2c = 0.63 for the severity score. Estimates of the additive genetic variance component using the covariance of severity scores obtained from the seedling analysis and with severity scores for their parents evaluated in a commercial environment were similar, s2a= 0.39 and 0.30 respectively. Most of the selection response obtained through genotypic selection would thus be transferred to segregating offspring.
                                Technical Abstract: Strawberry (Fragaria xananassa Duch.) seedlings from 50 bi-parental crosses among 20 elite genotypes were evaluated for resistance to Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schröt. after artificial inoculation. Plots of seedlings or runner plants were rated using a disease severity score and the percentage of stunted plants per plot. The distribution of cross means for percentages of plants with stunting was highly skewed; 79% of the inoculated seedlings showed some level of stunting compared to non-inoculated control seedlings, and all but one of the crosses had 50% or more stunted plants. Disease severity scores for the bi-parental crosses were normally distributed and expressed a range of variation not reflected by the percentage of visibly stunted plants. Factorial analysis based on seedling plot means demonstrated significant additive genetic variance for the disease severity score, and the additive genetic variance was 1.9x as large as the estimated dominance variance. The cross-mean heritability was h2c = 0.63 for the severity score. Estimates of the additive genetic variance component using the covariance of severity scores obtained from the seedling analysis and with severity scores for their parents evaluated in a commercial environment were similar, s2a= 0.39 and 0.30 respectively. Most of the selection response obtained through genotypic selection would thus be transferred to segregating offspring.


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