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Klementsson, Niklas, 2020. Evaluation of sugar beet genes involved in Rhizoctonia solani resistance : utvärdering av sockerbetsgener involverade i Rhizoctonia solani resistens. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: SLU, Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

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Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) is one of the most cultivated crops in Sweden and contributes to approximately 14 % of the sugar crops grown in the world, the remaining 86 % being sugar cane (OECD-FAO 2019). As with any commercially produced crop, sugar beets
can be exposed to pests and pathogens, which can cause yield losses. One common pathogen in sugar beet production is Rhizoctonia solani, which is a soil-borne pathogenic fungus, estimated to affect approximately 25 % of the cultivated sugar beet area in the United States
and approximately 10 % of the cultivated sugar beet area in Europe (Harveson et al. 2009). It causes three diseases in sugar beets: crown-rot, root-rot and damping-off, which result in root damage but differ at point of infection. As sugar beet is an economically important crop efforts are being made by breeding companies to develop sugar beet varieties with increased tolerance to pathogens like R. solani.
In this thesis, genes that are believed to be involved in R. solani resistance are evaluated in sugar beet material provided by MariboHilleshög. The expression patterns of five genes, previously discovered through RNA sequencing, were tested through RT-qPCR in two tolerant and two susceptible sugar beet genotypes to determine if the RNA sequencing results could be replicated. The RT-qPCR showed that the RNA sequencing results could not be fully
replicated as only some genes followed the expected expression pattern between tolerant and susceptible genotypes. This was possibly a result of genetic differences between genotypes, or because of uneven R. solani infection in the analysed material.
The correlation between allele distribution and R. solani tolerance was also examined for one gene in a larger sugar beet population consisting of 95 lines of varying R. solani resistance, and showed that there possibly could be a correlation between allele distribution and R. solani tolerance for the gene tested. However, as the population consisted mainly of tolerant and medium tolerant individuals, further research is needed on susceptible individuals before it is determined whether or not a pattern exists.

Main title:Evaluation of sugar beet genes involved in Rhizoctonia solani resistance
Subtitle:utvärdering av sockerbetsgener involverade i Rhizoctonia solani resistens
Authors:Klementsson, Niklas
Supervisor:Lager, Ida and Holmqvist, Louise
Examiner:Grimberg, Åsa
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2020
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:LY003 Horticultural Science Programme 300 HEC
Supervising department:(LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)
Keywords:Beta vulgaris, Rhizoctonia solani, resistance, gene expression, RT-qPCR, molecular marker, SNP
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-16559
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-16559
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Plant genetics and breeding
Language:English
Deposited On:01 Apr 2021 08:17
Metadata Last Modified:02 Apr 2021 01:03

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