摘要:The
Phytophtora root and stem rot is a serious disease in soybean. It is caused by the oomycete pathogen
Phytophthora sojae. Growing
Phytophthora resistant cultivars is the major method of controlling this disease. Resistance is race- or gene-specific; a single gene confers immunity against only a subset of the
P. sojae isolates. Unfortunately, rapid evolution of new
Phytophthora sojae virulent pathotypes limits the effectiveness of an
Rps (“resistance to
Phytophthora sojae”) gene to 8–15 years. The current study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of
Rps12 against a set of
P. sojae isolates using recombinant inbred lines (RILs) that contain recombination break points in the
Rps12 region. Our study revealed a unique
Rps gene linked to the
Rps12 locus. We named this novel gene as
Rps13 that confers resistance against
P. sojae isolate V13, which is virulent to recombinants that contains
Rps12 but lack
Rps13. The genetic distance between the two
Rps genes is 4 cM. Our study revealed that two tightly linked functional
Rps genes with distinct race-specificity provide broad-spectrum resistance in soybean. We report here the molecular markers for incorporating the broad-spectrum
Phytophthora resistance conferred by the two
Rps genes in commercial soybean cultivars.