Projects / Programmes
Biochemical markers of resistance to hop powdery mildew
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
4.03.01 |
Biotechnical sciences |
Plant production |
Agricultural plants |
Code |
Science |
Field |
B390 |
Biomedical sciences |
Phytotechny, horticulture, crop protection, phytopathology |
B434 |
Biomedical sciences |
Agrochemistry |
hop, biochemical markers, essential oils, powdery mildew
Researchers (5)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
In Europe powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca humuli Schr.) was not dangerous until European-American hybrids were introduced. In 1970 and 1971 the disease caused great loss of yield in Great Britain, in 1997 in USA. Up to now there have not been significant problems with the disease in Slovenia, however, in the last few years the yield of cultivars from the world assortment as well as Slovene cultivars have been affected. Hop essential oils have been under research for some time now at the Institute of Hop Research and Brewing in Žalec and among their components markers for hop downy mildew and hop damson aphids have already been identified. Regarding existing knowledge and present results, markers of resistance to powdery mildew are expected to be found as well. More than 100 accessions from Slovene and world assortment will be included in the study. The cones of the accessions, with no fungicide against powdery mildew being applied, will be collected during three years and the analysis of essential oils will be done. The infection by powdery mildew will be observed by the strategy of grading. The results will be estimated by correlation method and by factor analysis. With RAPD method resistant and non resistant accessions will be tested and eventuel specific fragments will be searched for. By including markers we wish to modernize the breeding program in creating cultivars resistant to powdery mildew as well as to avoid the painstaking and longlasting strategy of resistance identification by means of grading.