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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Table 9. <strong>Yellow</strong> rust pathotypes (races) identified or reported <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> period 1999–2004<br />

Country Race or pathotype Number <strong>of</strong> races<br />

Azerbaijan 2E0A+; 6E2A; 6E6A+; 22E6A+; 70E6A+; 14E142A+ 10<br />

Uzbekistan 6E6A+; 22E6A+; 14E134A+; 14E134A+; 102E134; l38E134A+ 8<br />

Nepal 4E0; 4E16; 7E150; 7E158 ?<br />

Pakistan 70E0 ; 70E16 ?<br />

Egypt 242E100; 458E45; 123E65; 450E109; 456E45 25<br />

Ethiopia 6E16; 198E158; 206158 8+<br />

Yemen 4E148; 38E130; 70E134; 119E158 20<br />

Lebanon 38E22; 6E134; 38E134; 172E146; 182E150; 198E150 40<br />

Iran 0E0; 2E14; 4E32; 34E4; 166E142; 134E134; 134E166 31<br />

Syria 0E0; 6E20; 6E134; 134E134; 230E134; 134E150; 230E150; 19E158 85<br />

Turkey 0E0, 7E150 ?<br />

Pst physiological races identified differed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir occurrence with<strong>in</strong> wheat<br />

grow<strong>in</strong>g areas <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA and NVRS regions. With <strong>the</strong> World differential set,<br />

<strong>the</strong> resistance genes YrSU <strong>in</strong> Suwon 92×Omar and Yr9+ <strong>in</strong> Clement allowed<br />

clear discrim<strong>in</strong>ation between <strong>the</strong> races <strong>in</strong> Syria. Virulence to <strong>the</strong>se genes<br />

occurred <strong>in</strong> 1999. In <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> European differential cultivars, virulence<br />

for <strong>the</strong> resistance genes Yr7+, Yr6+, Yr2+ and Yr8, and avirulence for Yr4+,<br />

YrCV. and YrSP, have also been observed s<strong>in</strong>ce 1994.The World differential set<br />

did not allow complete dist<strong>in</strong>ction between some races (6E0, 6E18, 6E134,<br />

6E148, 6E150) whereas European differentials showed differential reactions for<br />

Yr7+, Yr6+ and Yr8 resistance genes. Thus, <strong>the</strong> comb<strong>in</strong>ed use <strong>of</strong> both<br />

differentials allows better discrim<strong>in</strong>ation between Pst isolates. Significant<br />

changes <strong>in</strong> race composition were identified us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> World and European<br />

differential sets. Changes <strong>in</strong> physiological race compositions <strong>of</strong> Pst have<br />

revealed some <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g trends <strong>in</strong> CWANA (Johnson et al., 2002; Yahyaoui et<br />

al., 2002; Yahyaoui and El-Naimi, 2003). Table 9 shows <strong>the</strong> physiological races<br />

identified <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region so far by <strong>ICARDA</strong> and NARS collaborators <strong>in</strong> Iran,<br />

Pakistan and Egypt. In CWANA, race 166E150 is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most virulent races<br />

identified and could be among <strong>the</strong> Pst races that contributed to <strong>the</strong> yellow rust<br />

epidemics <strong>in</strong> this region. Race 166E150 comb<strong>in</strong>ed virulence to <strong>the</strong> resistance<br />

genes Yr9+, Yr8 and YrA that were deployed <strong>in</strong> many bread wheat varieties <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> early 1980s.<br />

This race shows a broad virulence spectrum, and was found <strong>in</strong> Syria only <strong>in</strong><br />

1996, but has been recovered dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> last four consecutive years <strong>in</strong><br />

Lebanon. Virulence on <strong>the</strong> YrSU resistance gene was first recorded <strong>in</strong> Lebanon<br />

<strong>in</strong> 1999. Physiological race 6E0 was first observed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region <strong>in</strong> 1972 and has<br />

been recovered <strong>in</strong> Syria every year s<strong>in</strong>ce. This race is virulent to <strong>the</strong> Yr6 gene<br />

that frequently occurs <strong>in</strong> both w<strong>in</strong>ter and spr<strong>in</strong>g wheats (McIntosh, Well<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

and Park, 1995), both <strong>of</strong> which are cultivated extensively <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> highlands <strong>of</strong>

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