Inheritance of resistance to race 1 of Pseudomonas syringae pv . tomato in line LCHG 177 Sotirova, V 1 . , Bogatsevska, N 2 . and Vulkova, Zl 1 1 Institute of Genetics, BAS, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2 Institute of Plant Protection, 2230 Kostinbrod, Bulgaria Bacterial speck, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv . tomato (Pst), is a widespread disease in various areas of the world (Pitblado and Kerr, 1980; Goode and Sasser, 1980; Bogatsevska, 1980; Gitaitis et al . , 1992) . The investigation into the race status of Pst isolates was reported by Lawton and MacNeil (1986), Bogatsevska et al . (1989), Buonario et al . (1996) . There are two known races of Pst race 0 and race 1 . Resistance to Pst is genetically well characterized in the Canadian lines ONT 7710, ONT 7611 and ONT 782 . According to Pitblado and Kerr (1980) resistance in these lines was controlled by one dominant gene designated as Pto (Kerr, 1982) . The gene is localized on chromosome 5 at position 30 (Pitblado and MacNeil, 1984) . The line LCHG 177 was developed from a BC2 of ( L . esculentum L . chilense LA 456 L . peruvianum PI 127829) x L . hirsutum f . glabratum LA 407 accompanied by selection of resistant plants to race 1 of Pst . The material discussed presents the following: 1) . To determine the mode of inheritance to race 1 of Pst found in the line LCHG 177 . 2) . Test of allelism for gene in line LCHG 177 and gene Pto responsible for resistance to bacterial speck in Canadian line ONT 7710 . A study of F1 progenies of crosses Ideal x LCHG 177 and Ace x LCHG 177 indicated that the resistance is dominant . F2 segregating progenies consisted of resistant and susceptible plants in approximately a 3:1 ratio indicating a single dominant gene for resistance . A segregation ratio of one resistant to one susceptible plant in BC1 of the susceptible parent confirm the hypothesis that resistance to race 1 of Pst in line LCHG 177 is controlled by a single dominant gene (Table1)   Table 1 . Segregation of resistance to race 1 of Pseudomonas syringae pv . tomato in LCHG 177 Segregation Observed Expected Progenies R S R S c 2 P> Ideal 0 17 Ace 0 25 LCHG 177 22 0 F1 Ideal x LCHG 177 31 0 F1 Ace x LCHG 177 28 0 F2 Ideal x LCHG 177 269   93 271 . 5 90 . 5 0 . 092 0 . 50>P>0 . 80 F2 Ace x LCHG 177 164 66 172 . 5 57 . 5 1 . 674 0 . 05>P>0 . 20 BC1 (IdealxLCHG177)xIdeal 27 36 31 . 5 31 . 5 1 . 284 0 . 20>P>0 . 50 BC1 (AcexLCHG177)xAce 38 45 41 . 5 41 . 5 0 . 59 0 . 20>P>0 . 50 R - resistant; S - susceptible The allelism study between Canadian