Sources of resistance to races R0 and R1 of Pseudomonas syringae PV. tomato - agent of bacterial speck on tomato

• Main Authors: Ganeva Daniela, Bogatzevska Nevena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Genetics Society 2017-01-01
• Series: Genetika
• Subjects: quality; Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato races 0,1; resistance; Solanum lycopersicum L.
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0534-0012/2017/0534-00121701139G.pdf

Tomato breeding lines with fruit colour different from the traditional red colour were studied in order to search for sources of resistance to races R0 and R1 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. As a result of selection of healthy plants with hypersensitive response (HR), the resistance was stabilized and perspective lines gene-carriers of resistance to bacterial speck were chosen. Lines L1078 and L1083 with brown-red (black) coloured fruits and line L1130 with purple-red fruits possess a complex resistance to races R0 and R1. It was established that two of the lines with rose-coloured tomato fruits (L1088 and L584) were resistant to race 1 of P. syringae pv. tomato. These lines possessed valuable economic and morphological characters and they could be used in combinative and heterosis breeding for development of resistance to bacterial speck varieties.