Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 1616-1625.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20231410

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Evaluation of resistance to foot rot and analysis of disease resistance related indexes of 60 sweet potato germplasm resources

HAN Qingyu1(), CHENG Linrun2, LI Yuehong3, QIU Zhiling4, HOU Meng5, LOU Binggan1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058,China
    2. Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinhua 321017, Zhejiang,China
    3. Plant Protection Station of Jinhua City, Jinhua, 321017, Zhejiang, China
    4. Hangzhou Lin’an Plant Quarantine Station, Hangzhou 311300, China
    5. Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Xuhuai District, Xuzhou 221131, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2023-12-20 Online:2024-07-25 Published:2024-08-05

Abstract:

Foot rot of sweet potato is the main disease of sweet potato in Zhejiang Province in recent years, which seriously affects the yield and quality of sweet potato. The purpose of this study was to explore sweet potato varieties with high resistance and to explore the characteristics of resistance-related physiological indexes and resistance-related genes, so as to provide scientific basis for the improvement of sweet potato varieties. The resistance to foot rot of 60 sweet potato germplasm resources was determined by wound inoculation method. The representative resistant and susceptible sweet potato varieties were selected to infect the Phomopsis destruens and the differences in the activities of antioxidant enzymes, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and the expression levels of resistance-related genes were analyzed. The results showed that among the 60 sweet potato germplasm resources, 3 varieties were highly resistant to the disease, including Xu D1-26, Xu D10-139, and J7-44. Meanwhile, 10 resistant, 18 susceptible and 29 highly susceptible varieties were identified, respectively. Moreover, the resistance level of sweet potato to foot rot was related to the antioxidant capacity, membrane lipid peroxidation level and jasmonic acid signaling pathway regulation of sweet potato. We found that the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) in highly resistant varieties were significantly increased compared to highly susceptible varieties. By 120 hours post inoculation (hpi), the activities of POD and SOD in highly resistant varieties were 1.81 times and 3.75 times higher than those in highly susceptible varieties, and the activity of CAT in highly resistant varieties was 2.93 times higher by 48 hpi. However, the MDA content of highly resistant varieties was significantly lower than that of highly susceptible varieties. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed that expression levels of the resistance-related genes IbWRKY1, IbBBX24 and IbNAC1 were up-regulated by 2.72, 3.15 and 1.91 times in highly resistant varieties compared with highly susceptible varieties at 168 hpi.

Key words: sweet potato, germplasm resource, Phomopsis destruens, resistance evaluation, resistance index

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