Resistance to potato virus Y in somatic hybrids between Solanum etuberosum and S. tuberosum x S. berthaultii hybrid

• Published in: Theoretical and applied genetics Vol. 89; no. 6; pp. 783 - 786
• Main Authors: Novy, R G, Helgeson, J P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01-11-1994
• Subjects: disease resistance; haploidia; haploidie; haploidy; hibridacion interespecifica; hibridos somaticos; hybridation interspecifique; hybride somatique; interspecific hybridization; plantas silvestres; plante sauvage; potato virus Y; potato y potyvirus; potyvirus y de la patata; potyvirus y pomme de terre; resistance aux maladies; resistencia a la enfermedad; Solanum berthaultii; Solanum tuberosum; somatic hybrids; wild plants
• ISSN: 0040-5752; 1432-2242
• DOI: 10.1007/BF00223719

Somatic hybrids between a potato virus Y (PVY) resistant Solanum etuberosum clone and a susceptible diploid potato clone derived from a cross between Solanum tuberosum Gp. Tuberosum haploid US-W 730 and Solanum berthaultii were evaluated for resistance to PVY. All but one of the tested somatic hybrids were significantly more resistant than cultivars 'Atlantic' and 'Katahdin'. However, none was as resistant as the S. etuberosum parent. One hexaploid somatic hybrid, possibly the product of a triple-cell fusion involving one S. etuberosum protoplast and two haploid x S. berthaultii protoplasts, was as susceptible to PVY infection as the cultivars. Tetraploid progeny of the somatic hybrids, obtained from crosses with Gp. Tuberosum cultivars, were neither as resistant as the maternal somatic hybrid parent, nor as susceptible as the paternal cultivar parent. It appears that the introgression of PVY resistance from (1EBN) S. etuberosum into (4EBN) S. tuberosum (EBN-endosperm balance number) will be successful through the use of somatic hybridization and subsequent crosses of the somatic hybrids back to S. tuberosum.