LEAFY intron 2-based markers of wild Solanum genomes for introgression breeding [Conference poster].

SCAR (sequence characterized amplified region) markers developed from polymorphic sequences of FLORICAULA/LEAFY intron 2 (FLint2) discern genomes A, B and D and subgenomes A1-A3 in tuber-bearing Solanum species. Screening 125 Solanum accessions representing 26 species from six series of section Petota produced the evidence mostly consistent with the established genome classification in wild Solanum species (Hawkes, 1990; Matsubayashi, 1991). Potato hybrids with several Solanum species listed in their pedigrees mostly retained FLint2 markers of introgressed wild germplasms.