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Title: Registration of sugar beet doubled haploid line KDH13 with resistance to beet curly top

Author
item Eujayl, Imad
item Strausbaugh, Carl
item LU, CHUNSHENG - Plant Sciences, Inc

Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/23/2015
Publication Date: 1/4/2016
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/61782
Citation: Eujayl, I.A., Strausbaugh, C.A., Lu, C. 2016. Registration of sugar beet doubled haploid line KDH13 with resistance to beet curly top. Journal of Plant Registrations. 10:93-96.

Interpretive Summary: KDH13 is a sugar beet doubled haploid breeding line released (PI 663862, 2013) as a genetic stock by USDA-ARS in cooperation with the Beet Sugar Development Foundation, Denver, CO. KDH13 is resistant to beet curly top (BCT) caused by Beet curly top virus which is transmitted by the beet leafhopper. KDH13 was selected from the BCT resistant parental line (PI 560130) released in 1989. Intensive phenotypic screening was used for selecting plants from this parental line that showed no symptoms under fully controlled BCT infection conditions in the greenhouse. Tissue culture was used to produce KDH13. Floral buds were harvested from a single plant and unfertilized ovaries were used to regenerate KDH13. The tissue culture regeneration resulted in a highly homozygous diploid line that is resistant to BCT. This line’s whole genome was sequenced via next generation sequencing and deposited in GenBank. The genome assembly was aligned to a BCT susceptible line (KWS2320) genome assembly to identify single nucleotide polymorphic markers (SNPs). In hybridization experiments, this line proved to be suitable as a donor for BCT resistance genes.

Technical Abstract: KDH13 is a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp vulgaris) doubled haploid line (PI 663862) released as a genetic stock by USDA-ARS in cooperation with the Beet Sugar Development Foundation, Denver, CO. KDH13 is resistant to beet curly top (BCT) caused by Beet curly top virus which is transmitted by the beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus Baker). KDH13 was extracted from the BCT resistant C762-17 (PI 560130) parental line that segregates for BCT resistance and genetic male sterility. Intensive phenotypic screening was used for selecting plants from C762-17 that showed no symptoms under fully controlled infection conditions in the greenhouse. Seed from a single plant was used as a donor of floral buds for isolation of unfertilized ovaries to regenerate KDH13 via gynogenesis, and was confirmed a diploid by flow cytometry. The whole genome for this line was sequenced via next generation sequencing and its assembly was designated BvvSeq-1. The assembly was used to identify a large set of single nucleotide polymorphic markers (SNP) aligned to a BCT susceptible line (KWS2320) genome assembly. Homozygosity of KHD13 was confirmed using SNPs. It is a monogerm, self- fertile, and requires at least 90 days of vernalization for bolting. KDH13 outperformed BCT resistant commercial checks in greenhouse and field screening experiments. This line was used in crosses with susceptible parents and proved to be suitable as a donor parent for curly top resistance genes.