Friday, 6 January 2006 - 11:45 AM

Disease Resistance in Transgenic Cottons

Kanniah Rajasekaran1, Mauricio Ulloa2, Bob Hutmacher3, Jeff Cary1, and Thomas Cleveland1. (1) USDA, ARS, SRRC, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, (2) USDA-ARS, WICS Res. Unit, Cotton Enhancement Program, 17053 N. Shafter Ave., Shafter, CA 93263, (3) University of California, 17053 N. Shafter Ave., Shafter, CA 93263

Field evaluation for Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum (FOV) Atk. Sny & Hans) race 1 in typically sandy soil with interaction with root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) was performed for four transgenic lines of the Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) expressing the antifungal peptide D4E1, a transgenic control entry with the GUS marker gene and the original non-transgenic variety (Coker 312), along with commercial Acala (G. hirsutum) and Pima (G. barbadense) cultivars. Entries were planted in a randomized complete block design with four replications on 10 feet long plots. Plant survival rate, foliage damage symptoms, vascular root staining, presence of root-knot, and agronomic data will be presented for these entries. We hope to identify potentially new resistant germplasm to FOV and possibly other diseases for release in the near future.

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