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The use of low molecular weight glutenin subunits to distinguish between wheat cultivars with and without resistance to the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia
Author(s) -
Labuschagne M.,
Maartens H.,
Weber W. E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0523.1999.118001091.x
Subject(s) - glutenin , russian wheat aphid , cultivar , biology , agronomy , infestation , poaceae , aphididae , resistance (ecology) , molecular marker , horticulture , pest analysis , protein subunit , gene , homoptera , genetics
A number of resistance sources for the Russian wheat aphid have been reported in the last few years and were used to develop resistant cultivars from current commercial cultivars in various breeding programmes. It can be diffcult to distinguish between the cultivars with and without resistance without actual infestation and so in this study we looked at low molecular weight glutenin subunits (LMW‐GS) of the two groups. Distinctly different banding patterns were found for the cultivars tested and their isogenic counterparts. Although the LMW‐GS and DN1 and DN5 are coded on different chromosomes, the LMW‐GS are highly repeatable and banding profiles of each cultivar can be used for the identification of unknown seed.