Linkage of 23 Microsatellite Marker on Chromosome 6 and 7 to Downy Mildew Resistance on Maize. Roberdi, Hajrial Aswidinnoor, Asep Setiawan, Sutrisno, Marcia B. Pabendon, and M. Azrai. Downy mildew caused by Peronosclerospora is one of most important maize disease in several countries, including Indonesia. Parental and progenies selection based on conventional breeding is time consuming and laborious. Development of molecular biology produces many DNA markers used for selection, one of them is microsatellite. The aim of this research to identify microsatellite markers associated with downy mildew resistance on maize progeny MR-4 X AMATLCOHS-9-1-1-1-1-1-2-B, on chromosome 6 and 7. This research was consisted of two activities, phenotypic and genotypic analysis. Phenotypic analysis used 175 progenies BC 1 F 2 and both of parents. This analysis included planting of spreading row, inoculums preparation, inoculation of spreader rows, test material planting, inoculation of test material and observation. Genotypic analysis used 175 progenies BC 1 F 1 and both of parents. This analysis included DNA genome isolation, PCR analysis, electrophoresis, gel staining and data scoring. Percentage of downy mildew infections on MR-4 was 76%, while these on AMATLCOHS-9-1-1-1-1-1-2-B was 16%, and on 175 progenies had range from 10.1-100%. Out of 23 SSR, 12 markers could be mapped in chromosome 6 and 11 markers in chromosome 7. QTL analyses showed that chromosome 7 contain one QTL in position between phi082 and phi116I marker as far as 18.6 cM with 2.6 LOD value.