Interspecific cross‐hybrids of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. (gla.) S ‘K326’ with Nicotiana alata |
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| Authors: | Jugou Liao Jinran Dai Shiyi Yang Xiaoli Zhou Longhui Ren Zhuangzhuang Chen Haili He Suiyun Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China;2. Yunnan Oriental Tobacco Co., Ltd, Baoshan, Yunnan, China |
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| Abstract: | In order to introduce the Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) resistance from Nicotiana alata into Nicotiana tabacum, a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) line of N. tabacum (N. tabacum L. cv. (gla.) S ‘K326’), was successfully crossed with N. alata. Despite a high DNA content variability, F1 hybrids could be classified in two subgroups, a major one encompassing fertile hybrids morphologically similar to their tobacco maternal parent but TSWV sensitive, and a minor one displaying sterile hybrids showing an intermediate phenotype and TSWV resistant. In order to elucidate the unexpected fertility recovery of the fertile F1 plants, some N. alata fertility restoration ppr genes were cloned and were shown to be differentially expressed between parental lineages as well as between both F1 subgroups, suggesting that N. alata contains fertility restoring allele able to overcome the CMS of N. tabacum. |
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| Keywords: | Nicotiana tabacum L cv (gla ) S ‘ K326’
N alata
hybrid TSWV resistance fertility restoration |
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