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Development Of Functional Markers For Resistance To Leaf Scald In Sugarcane, Andres Felipe Gutierrez Viveros Jan 2016

Development Of Functional Markers For Resistance To Leaf Scald In Sugarcane, Andres Felipe Gutierrez Viveros

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Leaf scald, caused by Xanthomonas albilineans, is a major sugarcane disease worldwide. The disease is managed primarily with resistant cultivars obtained through classical breeding; however, the erratic symptom expression hinders the reliability and reproducibility of the selection process. The development of molecular markers associated with incompatible/compatible reaction can overcome this limitation. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping were the strategies used to find leaf scald resistance-associated genes and molecular markers in sugarcane. SSH results showed that genes involved in signal perception and transduction, and DNA binding, were highly expressed in the resistant clone LCP 85-384 compared …


Detection And Quantification Of Xanthomonas Albilineans In Sugarcane Tissues With Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction And Evaluation As Methodology For Monitoring Resistance, Andres Felipe Gutierrez Viveros Jan 2014

Detection And Quantification Of Xanthomonas Albilineans In Sugarcane Tissues With Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction And Evaluation As Methodology For Monitoring Resistance, Andres Felipe Gutierrez Viveros

LSU Master's Theses

Leaf scald, caused by Xanthomonas albilineans, is a major sugarcane disease worldwide that is controlled primarily with host plant resistance. Since visual evaluation of disease resistance can be uncertain due to erratic symptom expression, a more reliable screening method is needed for resistance research. A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay was developed previously with demonstrated potential for resistance screening. However, only four cultivars with extreme reaction against the disease (two highly susceptible and two highly resistant) were compared. Therefore, additional research was conducted to demonstrate assay specificity, compare bacterial populations in 31 clones with varying levels of susceptibility at …


Comparative Proteome And Qpcr Analysis Of The Sugarcane Reaction To Leaf Scald Caused By Xanthomonas Albilineans, Freddy Fernando Garces-Obando Jan 2011

Comparative Proteome And Qpcr Analysis Of The Sugarcane Reaction To Leaf Scald Caused By Xanthomonas Albilineans, Freddy Fernando Garces-Obando

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Leaf scald is an important disease of sugarcane caused by Xanthomonas albilineans (Xa). Leaf scald is controlled by the development and planting of resistant cultivars. However, erratic symptom expression makes conventional screening for resistance difficult. In addition, the mechanisms of resistance to leaf scald are not completely understood. Real-time, quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) assays were developed utilizing SYBR Green for a highly sensitive detection method or a TaqMan probe to quantify Xa populations in infected plants. Xa populations detected by qPCR followed similar trends to disease severity ratings and vascular infection results for two resistant and two susceptible cultivars under greenhouse …