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Cloning <strong>and</strong> characterization of the dagger nematode resistance gene XiR1<br />
C-F. Hwang* 1 , K. Xu 2 , R. Hu 3 , S. Riaz 3 , M.A. Walker 3<br />
1 William H. Darr School of Agriculture, Missouri State University, Mountain Grove, Missouri,<br />
United States; 2 Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, Geneva, New York,<br />
United States; 3 Department of Viticulture <strong>and</strong> Enology, University of California, Davis,<br />
California, United States<br />
*Corresponding author: cfhwang@ucdavis.edu<br />
The dagger nematode, Xiphinema index, feeds aggressively on grape roots <strong>and</strong> in the process<br />
vectors grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) leading to the severe viral disease known as fanleaf<br />
degeneration. Disease symptoms consist of disrupted fruit set caused by GFLV <strong>and</strong> depressed<br />
plant growth caused by root damage from X. index. The use of fumigants to control X. index in<br />
vineyards is no longer recommended because of their high cost, detrimental environmental<br />
effects <strong>and</strong> lack of effective soil penetration to control nematodes on a deep perennial root<br />
system. Therefore, resistance to X. index has been an important objective in grape rootstock<br />
breeding <strong>program</strong>s. We previously demonstrated that resistance to X. index derived from a Vitis<br />
arizonica/girdiana hybrid b42-26 was largely controlled by a major quantitative trait locus, XiR1<br />
(X. index Resistance 1) located on chromosome 19. Genetic studies leading to the isolation <strong>and</strong><br />
characterization of the genes conferring resistance to X. index would further our underst<strong>and</strong>ing of<br />
resistance <strong>and</strong> assist molecular <strong>and</strong> classical breeding efforts to control X. index. In this report,<br />
we present the development of high resolution genetic <strong>and</strong> physical maps in the XiR1 region as<br />
well as the isolation of the XiR1 locus by a positional cloning approach. This study has identified<br />
the first locus responsible for ectoparasitic nematode resistance. The markers developed from<br />
this study are being used to expedite the breeding of resistant grape rootstocks.<br />
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