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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46342-1
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- Golden Seed Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) [213006-05-3-SB540]
- Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF)
- Rural Development Administration (RDA)
- Korea Forest Service (KFS), Republic of Korea
- Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea [PJ01322901]
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Phytophthora capsici (Leon.) is a globally prevalent, devastating oomycete pathogen that causes root rot in pepper (Capsicum annuum). Several studies have identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying resistance to P. capsici root rot (PcRR). However, breeding for pepper cultivars resistant to PcRR remains challenging due to the complexity of PcRR resistance. Here, we combined traditional QTL mapping with GWAS to broaden our understanding of PcRR resistance in pepper. Three major-effect loci (5.1, 5.2, and 5.3) conferring broad-spectrum resistance to three isolates of P. capsici were mapped to pepper chromosome P5. In addition, QTLs with epistatic interactions and minor effects specific to isolate and environment were detected on other chromosomes. GWAS detected 117 significant SNPs across the genome associated with PcRR resistance, including SNPs on chromosomes P5, P7, and P11 that colocalized with the QTLs identified here and in previous studies. Clusters of candidate nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) and receptor-like kinase (RLK) genes were predicted within the QTL and GWAS regions; such genes often function in disease resistance. These candidate genes lay the foundation for the molecular dissection of PcRR resistance. SNP markers associated with QTLs for PcRR resistance will be useful for marker-assisted breeding and genomic selection in pepper breeding.
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