Resistance to rusts in Bangladeshi wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

P. K. Malaker and M.M.A. Reza
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P. K. Malaker: Wheat Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Nashipur, 5200 Dinajpur, Bangladesh; e-mail: pkmalakerwrc@gmail.com
M.M.A. Reza: Wheat Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Nashipur, 5200 Dinajpur, Bangladesh; e-mail: pkmalakerwrc@gmail.com

Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2011, vol. 47, issue SpecialIssue, S155-S159

Abstract: Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina is the most important disease among the three rusts of wheat in Bangladesh. The disease occurs in all wheat growing areas of the country with varying degrees of severity. Stem rust caused by P. graminis f.sp. tritici was last observed during the mid 1980s, while yellow rust caused by P. striiformis f.sp. tritici occurs occasionally in the north-western region, where a relatively cooler climate prevails during the winter months. None of the rusts has yet reached an epidemic level, but damaging epidemics may occur in future, particularly if a virulent race develops or is introduced. The genes conferring rust resistance in the breeding lines and wheat varieties released in Bangladesh were investigated at CIMMYT-Mexico and DWR-India. The resistance genes Lr1, Lr3, Lr10, Lr13, Lr23 and Lr26, Sr2, Sr5, Sr7b, Sr8b, Sr9b, Sr11 and Sr31; and Yr2KS and Yr9 were found. An adult plant slow rusting resistance gene Lr34 was also identified in some of the breeding lines and varieties based on the presence of clear leaf tip necrosis under field conditions. Considering the possible risk of migration of the devastating Ug99 race of stem rust into the Indo-Pak subcontinent, the Bangladeshi wheat lines and cultivars are being regularly sent to KARI in Kenya for testing their resistance against this race. The resistant lines have been included in multi-location yield trials and multiplied for future use in order to mitigate the threat of Ug99. The resistant lines have also been included in crossing schemes to develop genetic diversity of rust resistance.

Keywords: Bangladesh; resistance genes; rusts; wheat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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