High-resolution mapping of resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses in cassava using genotyping-by-sequencing and its implications for breeding

Cassava mosaic disease is the most important disease of cassava in Africa and the Indian sub-continent

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
2 January 2019
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Agriculture
First published:
24 June 2014
Authors:
Rabbi, I.Y., Hamblin, M.T., Kumar, P.L. and Gedil, M.A.

Abstract

Highlights from this paper:

  • Cassava mosaic disease seriously affects production of cassava in Africa and India.

  • Singe-gene resistance from related landraces is extensively deployed in breeding.

  • High-resolution mapping using genotyping-by-sequencing identifies a single locus.

  • Previously published resistance-linked markers co-locate with identified locus.

  • This suggests a very narrow genetic of the resistance in the crop鈥檚 genepool.

This work is part of the 鈥淣ext Generation Cassava Breeding Project鈥� which is supported by the UK Department for International Development, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Citation

Ismail Y. Rabbi, Martha T. Hamblin, P. Lava Kumar, Melaku A. Gedil, Andrew S. Ikpan, Jean-Luc Jannink, Peter A. Kulakow, High-resolution mapping of resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses in cassava using genotyping-by-sequencing and its implications for breeding, Virus Research, Volume 186, 2014, Pages 87-96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.028.

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