IYSV & Thrips Tolerance

IYSV & Thrips Tolerance

“Ensuring U.S. Onion Sustainability: Breeding and Genomics to Control Thrips and Iris yellow spot virus

Project Director – Dr. Mike Havey at mjhavey@wisc.edu
[Supported in part by USDA-NIFA-SCRI Project No. 2008-048014]

Goal: Establish collaborative research among growers, extension agents, pathologists, and breeders to identify, validate, and deliver resistances to thrips and thrips-vectored Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) in relation to the following objectives:

  • Extension – Identification of resistance to thrips and IYSV; validation of phenotypes and distribution of selected germplasms; cotse-benefit estimates for thrips and IYSV resistances.
  • Research – Biological diversity and inoculation protocols for IYSV; identification of SNPs in expressed onion sequences; production of a high throughput genotyping platform and a high-density genetic map of onion; association of SNPs with glossy-type foliage and/or thrips and IYSV resistance.
  • Outreach – Outreach to the onion community; development of web-based bioinformatic and educational resources; undergraduate and graduate student training.

Members

Researchers, Collaborators & Advisors
SCRI – IYSV & Thrips Tolerance

Michael J. Havey, USDA-ARS Onion Geneticist and Professor of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, mjhavey@wisc.edu

Foo Cheung, Bioinformatics, The J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, fcheung@tigr.org

Christopher S. Cramer, Professor and Onion Breeder, Dep. of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Box 30003 MSC 3Q, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, cscramer@nmsu.edu

Hanu Pappu, Associate Professor and Plant Virologist, Dep. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, hrp@wsu.edu

Howard F. Schwartz, Professor and Plant Pathologist, Dep. of Bioagr. Sciences & Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, howard.schwartz@colostate.edu

Whitney Cranshaw, Professor and Entomologist, Dep. of Bioagr. Sciences & Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, whitney.cranshaw@colostate.edu

Jerry M. Hawkes, Assistant Professor and Economist, Dep. Agricultural Economics and Business, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, jhawkes@nmsu.edu

Christopher D. Town, Plant Molecular Biologist, The J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, cdtown@jcvi.org

Mr. Wayne Mininger, Executive Secretary of the National Onion Association;

Mr. Harvey Morrow, Onion Grower and Chairman of the New Mexico Dry Onion Commission;

Mr. Robert Sakata, Onion Grower and President of the Colorado Onion Association;

Dr. Dan Brotslaw, Onion Breeder with Sensient Dehydrated Flavorings, Turlock, CA;

Dr. Rick Watson, Onion Breeder with Nunhems Seed Company, Brooks, OR.

Socioeconomics

Socioeconomic Related Papers – IYSV and/or Thrips

  • Boyd, V. 2003.  A jumbo threat.  The Grower 36:10-11.
  • du Toit, L. J., Pelter, G. Q., and Pappu, H. R. 2004. IYSV challenges to the onion seed industry in Washington. Pages 103, 213-217 in: Proc. National Allium Res. Conf., Grand Junction, CO.
  • Edelson, J. V., Cartwright, B., and Royer, T. A. 1989.  Economics of controlling onion thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on onions with insecticides in south Texas.  J. Econ. Entomol. 82:561-564.
  • Fournier, F., Boivin, G., and Stewart, R. K.  1995.  Effect of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on yellow onion yields and economic thresholds for its management.  J. Econ. Entomol. 88:1401-1407.
  • Gent, D. H., du Toit, L. J., Fichtner, S. F., Mohan, S. K., Pappu, H. R., and Schwartz, H. F. 2006.  Iris yellow spot virus: An emerging threat to onion bulb and seed production.  Plant Disease 90:1468-1480.
  • Lewis, T. 1973.  Thrips.  Their Biology, Ecology and Economic Importance.  Academic Press, London, UK.
  • McKenzie, C. L., Cartwright, B., Miller, M. E., and Edelson, J. V. 1993. Injury to onions by Thrips tabaci(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and effects of thrips on bulb onions. J. Econ. Entomol. 80:930-932.
Supported in part by USDA-NIFA-SCRI Project No. 2008-048014

IYSV & Thrips Tolerance

“Ensuring U.S. Onion Sustainability: Breeding and Genomics to Control Thrips and Iris yellow spot virus

Project Director – Dr. Mike Havey at mjhavey@wisc.edu

[Supported in part by USDA-NIFA-SCRI Project No. 2008-048014]

Goal: Establish collaborative research among growers, extension agents, pathologists, and breeders to identify, validate, and deliver resistances to thrips and thrips-vectored Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) in relation to the following objectives:

  • Extension – Identification of resistance to thrips and IYSV; validation of phenotypes and distribution of selected germplasms; cotse-benefit estimates for thrips and IYSV resistances.
  • Research – Biological diversity and inoculation protocols for IYSV; identification of SNPs in expressed onion sequences; production of a high throughput genotyping platform and a high-density genetic map of onion; association of SNPs with glossy-type foliage and/or thrips and IYSV resistance.
  • Outreach – Outreach to the onion community; development of web-based bioinformatic and educational resources; undergraduate and graduate student training.

 

Supported in part by USDA-NIFA-SCRI Project No. 2008-048014