Genetics of resistance to the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae in three species of morning glory (Ipomoea). Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We examined the genetic basis of resistance to the rust pathogen Coleosporium ipomoea in three host species: Ipomoea purpurea, I. hederacea, and I. coccinea (Convolvulaceae). In crosses between resistant and susceptible individuals, second-generation selfed offspring segregated in ratios that did not differ statistically from the 3:1 ratio indicative of single-gene resistance with the resistant allele dominant. One out of three crosses between resistant individuals from two different populations revealed that resistance loci differed in the two populations, as evidenced by the production of susceptible individuals among the S(2) generation. These results suggest that gene-for-gene interactions contribute substantially to the dynamics of coevolution in this natural pathosystem. They also suggest that evolution of resistance to the same pathogen strain may involve different loci in different Ipomoea populations.

published proceedings

  • PLoS One

author list (cited authors)

  • Chappell, T. M., & Rausher, M. D.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Chappell, Thomas M||Rausher, Mark D

editor list (cited editors)

  • Zwick, M. E.

publication date

  • January 2011