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Identification of the BrRHP1 locus that confers resistance to downy mildew in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) and development of linked molecular markers

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Inheritance of resistance to downy mildew (Hyaloperonospora parasitica) in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) was studied using inbred parental lines RS1 and SS1 that display strong resistance and severe susceptibility, respectively. F1, F2, and BC1F1 populations were evaluated for their responses to downy mildew infection. Resistance to downy mildew was conditioned by a single dominant locus designated BrRHP1. A random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker linked to BrRHP1 was identified using bulked segregant analysis and two molecular markers designated BrPERK15A and BrPERK15B were developed. BrPERK15B was polymorphic between the parental lines used to construct the reference linkage map of B. rapa, allowing the map** of the BrRHP1 locus to the A1 linkage group. Using bacterial artificial chromosome clone sequences anchored to the A1 linkage group, six simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR) markers were developed for use in marker-assisted breeding of downy mildew resistance in Chinese cabbage. Four simple PCR markers flanking the BrRHP1 locus were shown to be collinear with the long-arm region of Arabidopsis chromosome 3. The two closely linked flanking markers delimit the BrRHP1 locus within a 2.2-Mb interval of this Arabidopsis syntenic region.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a grant (Project No. 607003-05-4-SB210) from the Technology Development Program for Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea. We thank Seung-Hee Kim, Seon Chong, and Ji-Hwa Heo for their dedicated technical help.

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  1. Department of Plant Biotechnology, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea

    Sunggil Kim, Young Ha Song, Ji-Yeon Lee & Taeho Han

  2. Department of Horticulture, Genome Research Center, Chungnam National University, Kung-Dong 220, Yusong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea

    Su Ryun Choi, Vignesh Dhandapani & Yong Pyo Lim

  3. HanKook Seed Co, Ansung-Si, Kyunggi-Do, 456-841, Korea

    Chang Soon Jang

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Kim, S., Song, Y.H., Lee, JY. et al. Identification of the BrRHP1 locus that confers resistance to downy mildew in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) and development of linked molecular markers. Theor Appl Genet 123, 1183–1192 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1658-9

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