Zea mays subsp. mays Targeted Locus (Loci)

Project aims: 1) characterize molecular genetic diversity at loci associated with quantitative disease resistance in maize; 2) resolve causal variants at these loci. Region-specific enrichment is being used to resequence regions of the maize genome associated with quantitative disease resistance. Resequencing is being performed in a public panel of diverse maize inbred lines that enables high-resolution mapping. The target regions have been identified in linkage and association mapping studies as being associated with quantitative resistance to grey leaf spot, northern leaf blight, and/or southern leaf blight diseases of maize.