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    Molecular characterization of the CRa gene conferring clubroot resistance in Brassica rapa

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    Clubroot disease is one of the major diseases affecting Brassicaceae crops, and a number of these crops grown commercially, such as Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis), are known to be highly susceptible to clubroot disease. To provide protection from this disease, plant breeders have introduced genes for resistance to clubroot from the European turnip into susceptible lines. The CRa gene confers specific resistance to the clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae isolate M85. Fine mapping of the CRa locus using synteny to the Arabidopsis thaliana genome and partial genome sequences of B. rapa revealed a candidate gene encoding a TIR-NBS-LRR protein. Several structural differences in this candidate gene were found between susceptible and resistant lines, and CRa expression was observed only in the resistant line. Four mutant lines lacking clubroot resistance were obtained by the UV irradiation of pollen from a resistant line, and all of these mutant lines carried independent mutations in the candidate TIR-NBS-LRR gene. This genetic and molecular evidence strongly suggests that the identified gene is CRa. This is the first report on the molecular characterization of a clubroot Resistance gene in Brassicaceae and of the disease resistance gene in B. rapa.ArticlePLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 80(6):621-629 (2012)journal articl

    Efeito da temperatura sobre a severidade de Plasmodiophora brassicae Effect of temperature on Plasmodiophora brassicae infection

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    A temperatura é um dos parâmetros importantes para que ocorra a infecção, processo primordial para que haja doença, visando-se verificar a influência deste parâmetro sobre a severidade de Plasmodiophora brassicae em plantas de couve chinesa Pak choi, montou-se testes de infecção em temperaturas variando de 5 em 5ºC, indo de 10 a 40ºC, e observou-se uma redução da severidade da doença nas mudas de 28 dias de idade, nas temperaturas acima de 30ºC, verificando-se que nas temperaturas de 20 a 25ºC a ocorrência da condição ótima para o desenvolvimento da doença.<br>Temperature is an important parameter for infection and plant desease development. In order to determine the influence of temperature on the severity of clubroot caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae in Pak choi Chinese cabbage plants, infection tests were carried out under temperatures set at 5ºC increments, from 10 to 40ºC. A reduction in severity of the disease was observed during the analysis of results in 28-day-old seedlings, at temperatures above 30ºC. The optimal temperature for disease development and crop growth were from 20 to 25ºC. It was observed that at this temperature range inoculated seedling presented 26% less dry matter than noninoculated seedlings, thus demonstrating a direct effect of clubroot on plant dry matter accumulation

    Comportamento de híbridos de couve chinesa à isolados de Plasmodiophora brassicae

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    Analisou-se o comportamento de cinco híbridos comerciais de couve chinesa perante a agressividade de 24 isolados de Plasmodiophora brassicae provenientes de diferentes regiões do estado de São Paulo. O ensaio foi conduzido em casa de vegetação e delineado em blocos ao acaso. Verificou-se que os cinco híbridos foram suscetíveis a todos os isolados de P.brassicae, sendo o hibrido 3 com comportamento mais resistente e o hibrido 2 com o comportamento mais suscetível. Dentre os isolados, verificou-se que os isolados de Piedade-SP foram os mais agressivos e os isolados Ribeirão Preto-SP foram os menos agressivos perante os cinco híbridos
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