Peronospora resistance in spinacia oleracea

摘要

The present invention relates to a spinach plant which may comprise an allele conferring resistance to downy mildew, propagation material of said spinach plant, a cell of said spinach plant, seed of said spinach plant, and to harvested leaves of said spinach plant. The invention further relates to use of a spinach plant in breeding to confer resistance against downy mildew.

主权项

1. A method of identifying a spinach plant comprising an R15 allele, wherein said allele confers resistance to at least Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae races Pfs:1, Pfs:2, Pfs:3, Pfs:4, Pfs:5, Pfs:6, Pfs:9, Pfs:11, Pfs:12, Pfs:13, Pfs:14, Pfs:15 and isolate UA1014 and does not confer resistance to Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae race Pfs:7, and wherein said allele is as found in a plant grown from a seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under NCIMB accession number 42466, the method comprising detecting in a spinach plant a marker that is associated with the resistance, wherein the marker is genetically linked within 20 centiMorgan, in particular 15 centiMorgan, more in particular 10, even more particular 5, and most particular 1 centiMorgan to at least one marker selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 5 and SEQ ID No. 7.