GENETIC CONTROL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS OF SUGAR BEET RESISTANCE TO PATHOGENS



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Sugar beet is the only crop used for industrial sugar production in countries with temperate climates. Creation of varieties resistant to viral, bacterial, fungal infections and nematodes allows maintaining the yield and quality of root crops. Modern selection is based on knowledge of the genetics of target traits and the use of methods of their molecular marking. This approach speeds up selection work several times due to the possibility of quickly assessing the source material and hybrid offspring. The review provides current information on the genetic control of resistance to rhizomania, root rot, rhizoctonia, fusarium, nematodes, powdery mildew, cercospora leaf spot, bacterial leaf spot and on molecular markers associated with resistance to pathogens. Data from a genome-wide association study to identify single nucleotide substitutions in resistance-associated genes are presented. The interaction of genes located in different chromosomes of sugar beet, leading to an increase in the defense response during rhizomania, is described. The presented information on the genetics of disease resistance and on molecular markers is important for sugar beet selection.

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Olga Smirnova

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: planta@bionet.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3023-767X

кандидат биологических наук, старший научный сотрудник лаборатории генной инженерии

Russian Federation, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 630090 Novosibirsk Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10

Mukhammadali Khakimov

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: ali941220@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0336-8324

Graduate Student

Russian Federation, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 630090 Novosibirsk Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10; RUSSIAN FEDERATION 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogov st., 1

Elena Artemovna Salina

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: salina@bionet.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8590-847X
SPIN-code: 5782-4546

Dr. Sci. (Biology), Professor; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Plant Cytogenetics 

Russian Federation, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 630090 Novosibirsk Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10

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