Head of the laboratory – D.Sc. in Biol. Voluevich Elena Alexandrovna.
Tel.: 375 (17) 2635826; fax: 375 (17) 2841917.
The laboratory was formed on 12 March 1997 as a result of reorganization of the group “Organells and resistance”, where Prof. A.N. Palilova was a supervisor up to 1995 and later on Dr. P.A. Orlov.
Major scientific trends of the laboratory
Study on wheat resistance genetics to fungus diseases (supervisor – Dr. E.A.Voluevich).
Investigation of genetic nature of potato resistance variability to viruses (supervisor Dr., Prof. A.N. Palilova).
Basic results of the theoretical and applied investigations
A new genetic conception of plant disease – resistance, taking into account the contribution of host-plant cytoplasm to resistance (by an example of the study on common wheat – fungus pathogens interactions), was stated.
The hypothesis on chloroplast involvement in protective mechanisms of potato resistance to viral infection was advanced. The original data of electron–microscopic and molecular–genetic investigations, corroborating the role of chloroplast genome in virus resistance, were obtained. Spontaneous somaclonal variability for virus–resistance character was revealed within potato varieties. Its genetic nature and the scope for practical application are studied.
The following methods were developed: “Method for determining potato plant resistance to viruses of mosaic group” (A.N.Palilova et al. Patent ¹1107790); “Method for sanitation selective varieties from X-virus infection” (A.N.Palilova, N.G.Danilenko. Patent ¹1745161); “Method for increasing partial resistance of wheat to brown rust” (E.A.Voluevich, A.N.Palilova. Patent ¹2107431).
The collection of potato clones contrasting in resistance to X- and L-viruses was developed on the basis of 4 recognized varieties in Belarus. Five new series of alloplasmic lines of common wheat were developed for studying the possibilities of applying alien cytoplasms for intensification of defeated resistance gene expression.
Main publications
Palilova A.N., Blotskaya Zh.V., Lyulkina E. I. Estimation of potato resistance to viruses by reaction of cell membrane structure (methodical instructions). - Minsk, 1985. - 37 p.
Palilova A.N. Genetic systems in plants and their interaction. - Minsk: Nauka i tekhnika, 1986. - 159 p.
Problems of plant immunity / N.A.Dorozhkin, S.I.Belskaya, E.A.Voluevich, …, A.N.Palilova et al. - Minsk, 1988.- 248 p.
Voluevich E.A., Buloichik A.A. Nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions in common wheat resistance to fungi pathogens. VIII. Specificity of intraspecific cytoplasmic effects in compatibility reactions for Triticum aestivum and brown rust // Genetika. - 1995. - Vol. 31, N3. - P.368-373.
Voluevich E.A., Buloichik A.A., Palilova A.N. Effects of alien and intraspecific cytoplasms on display of major nuclear genes of wheat resistance to leaf rust. III. Intralinear heterogeneity of reciprocal hybrids in F2. // Genetika. - 1995.- Vol. 31, N 7.- P. 947-957.
Buloichik A.A., Voluevich E.A. Effects of Triticum aestivum cytoplasms on wheat resistance to bunt // Proc. Intern. Conf. Protect. Cereal Crops against Harmful Organisms. Kromeriz, Czech Republic. - Kromeriz, 1997.- P. 169-170.
Palilova A.N., Pyko V.I. Physical mapping of potato chloroplast DNA as an approach to search for resistance markers to viruses // Genetika. - 1997. - Vol. 33, N 2.- P. 177-182.
Palilova A.N., Pavlyuchuk N.V., Akhramenko A.D. Spontaneous somaclonal variability of potato varieties for resiatance to viruses at vegetative propagation // Proc. of Intern. Scient. Conf. - Novosibirsk, 1997.- P. 250-251.
Buloichik A.A., Voluevich E.A. Polymorphism of alloplasmic lines of common wheat for resistance to loose smut // Tsitologia i genetica.- 1998.- Vol. 32, N 2.- P. 57-65.
Pavlyuchuk N.V., Akhramenko A.D., Palilova A.N. Effectiveness of clone selection for X-virus resistance within potato varieties-populations // Dokl. NAN Belarusi.- 1998.- Vol. 42, N 6.- P. 77-80.
Buloichik A.A., Voluevich E.A. Modifying effect of alien cytoplasms on wheat resistance to natural mildew population in host-plant ontogenesis // Tsitologia i genetica.- 1998.- Vol. 32, N 3.- P. 51-58.
