02541naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000170009524501970011226000090030952016840031865000150200265300260201765300200204365300280206370000210209170000170211270000280212970000120215770000270216970000210219670000190221777300390223619384582017-09-21       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1007/s10681-011-0455-52DOI1 aALVES, A. A.  aGenetic mapping provides evidence for the role of additive and non-additive QTLs in the response of inter-specific hybrids of Eucalyptusto Puccinia psidiirust infection.h[electronic resource]  c2012  aEucalypts are susceptible to a wide range of diseases. One of the most important diseases that affectEucalyptusplantations worldwide is caused by the rust fungus Puccinia psidii. Here, we provide evidence on the complex genetic control of rust resistance in Eucalyptusinter-specific hybrids, by nalyzing a number of full-sib families that display different patterns of segregation for rust resistance. These families are totally unrelated to those previ-ously used in other inheritance studies of rust resistance. By using a full genome scan with 114 genetic markers (microsatellites and expressed sequence tag derived microsatellites) we also cor-roborated the existence and segregation of a resis-tance locus, explaining 11.5% of the phenotypic variation, on linkage group 3, corresponding to Ppr1. This find represents an additional validation of this locus in totally unrelated pedigree. We have also detected significant additive9additive digenic interactions with LOD [10.0 on several linkage groups. The additive and epistatic QTLs identified explain between 29.8 and 44.8% of the phenotypic variability for rust resistance. The recognition that both additive and non-additive genetic variation (epistasis) are important contributors to rust resis-tance in eucalypts reveals the complexity of this host-pathogen interaction and helps explain the success that breeding has achieved by selecting rust-resistant clones, where all the additive and non-additive effects are readily captured. The positioning of epistatic QTLs also provides starting points to look for the underlying genes or genomic regions controlling this phenotype on the upcoming E. grandisgenome sequence.  aEucalyptus  aEpistatic QTL mapping  aGenetic control  aPucciniarust resistance1 aROSADO, C. C. G.1 aFARIA, D. A.1 aGUIMARÃES, L. M. DA S.1 aLAU, D.1 aBROMMONSCHENKEL. S. H.1 aGRATTAPAGLIA. D.1 aALFENAS. A. C.  tEuphyticagv. 183, p. 27-38, 2012.