Virus Resistance in Potato Cultivars: A Review on The Use of Pathogen-Derived Resistance Strategies as a Tool

Year 2015, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 108 - 116, 17.11.2015

Rabia Javed , Javaria Qazı

Abstract

Potato has always been a subject of extensive research owing to its importance as a food crop; being used as staple in many localities. Among various pathogens, viruses provide a continuous threat to potato. Pathogen-derived resistance (PDR) has mainly been employed to engineer potato to confer resistance against viruses. Many different strategies of pathogen-derived resistance have been utilized including protein-mediated resistance, and nucleic acid-mediated resistance (DNA/RNA) involving transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing. This review provides an insight into the past, discusses situation at present, and gives important suggestions for future implications of these strategies for the improvement of this crop.

Keywords

Pathogen-derived resistance, potato, protein-mediated resistance, nucleic acid-mediated resistance

Patates Kültürlerinde Virüs Dirençliliği: Patojen Köken Viral Dirençlilik Üzerine Strateji Belirlemesi

Abstract

Patates önemli bir gıda ürünü olmasından ötürü daima pek çok bölgede geniş araştırma konularına sahiptir. Çeşitli patojenler arasında virüsler patateste devamlı bir tehdit unsurudur. Virüslere karşı dirençliliği arttırmamıza yönelik Patojen türevli direnç (PTD) uygulaması yapılmaktadır. Pek çok PTD üretim stratejisi kullanılmaktadır. Bunlar arasında transkripsiyonal ve post transkripsiyonal gen susturuculu protein ilişkili direnç, nukleotid ilişkili direnç (DNA/RNA) gelmektedir. Bu derleme patates bitkisinde, konunun tartışılmasında geçmiş ve geleceğe ilişkin yaklaşımlara ışık tutmaktadır.

Keywords

Patojen türevli direnç, patates, protein ilişkili direnç, nükleotid ilişkili direnç

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