methods of identifying and / or selecting a maize plant that has or exhibits increased resistance to gray leaf spot

摘要

Compositions and methods useful in identifying and selecting maize plants with increased gray leaf spot resistance are provided herein. the methods use molecular genetic markers within a qtl region located on chromosome 4 to identify and select plants with increased gray leaf spot resistance, and plants that comprise the qtl allele associated with increased gray leaf spot resistance can be crossed with other plants. maize plants to incorporate increased resistance into other maize strains or other varieties.