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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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<strong>in</strong>tervals and also as <strong>the</strong> border <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nursery. The experiment was conducted<br />

under natural <strong>in</strong>fection conditions. In addition, artificial <strong>in</strong>oculation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

nursery was done by mix<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> spores with talcum powder and dust<strong>in</strong>g at<br />

sunset, before flag leaf development. For disease development, mist and<br />

flood<strong>in</strong>g irrigation were used. At <strong>the</strong> adult plant stage, <strong>in</strong>fection type (IT) <strong>of</strong><br />

each entry was evaluated based on <strong>the</strong> method <strong>of</strong> Roelfs et al. when disease<br />

developed well (70-80S) on <strong>the</strong> susceptible check. The percentage leaf area<br />

affected (disease severity) was scored us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> modified Cobb’s scale at <strong>the</strong><br />

same time. Coefficients <strong>of</strong> Infection (CI) were <strong>the</strong>n calculated by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g IT<br />

and disease severity. From this study it was concluded that for Ardabil entries,<br />

44.4% <strong>of</strong> genotypes were resistant (CI = 0–2), 2.8% moderately resistant<br />

(CI = 3–4), 13.9% moderately susceptible (CI = 5–12) and 38.9% susceptible<br />

(CI >12). F<strong>in</strong>ally, 61.1% <strong>of</strong> entries were selected that had CI

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