Squash leaf curl virus (SLVC) resistance in cucurbits
AssigneeVilmorin & Cie
InventorsTed Superak, Julie Fauve, Eric Lionneton, Maria Petronella Christina Sengers
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Abstract
The invention provides a new Squash Leaf Curl Virus (SLCV) resistant gene slc-2 in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the slc-2 gene. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to slc-2 gene. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to SLCV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.
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A Cucurbita pepo seed whose genome contains at least one copy of a recessive allele of a slc-2 gene for resistance to Squash Leaf Curl Virus (SLCV), wherein the recessive allele of the slc-2 gene is from Cucurbita moschata and localizes to a chromosome interval flanked on either side by one or more genetic markers selected from the group consisting of E18/M54-60, E23/M60-134, E12/M62-49, E12/M62-376, E18/M62-238, E23/M48-212, E26/M48-138, E26/M48-179, and E26/M48-180.
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