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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wheat yellow<br />

rust pathogen <strong>in</strong> Iran<br />

F. Afshari, 1 M. Torabi, 1 K. Nazari, 1 A. Malihipour, 1 M. Agnoum, 2 S. Rejaei, 3<br />

M. Dehgan, 4 S. Safavei, 5 M. Nasrolahi, 6 T. Dadrezaei, 7 R. Hoshyar, 8 M. Hassanpour-<br />

Hosni, 9 S. Kemangar, 10 M.S. Ahmedian-Moghaddam, 11 A. Forotan, 11 M. Chaeichei, 12<br />

H. Soltani, 12 F. Jebalbarez, 13 H. Akbari-Mogaddam, 14 M. Galandar, 15 M.<br />

Damadzadeh, 16 Kh. Norolahi, 17 K. Keshavarz 18 and H.A. Maibodi 19<br />

1. Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

2. Khorasan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

3. Fars Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

4. Golestan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

5. Ardabil Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

6. Lorestan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

7. Khozastan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

8. E. Azarbaijan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

9. DARI Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

10. Kordestan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

11. Mazanderan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

12. Hamadan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

13. Kerman Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

14. Zabol Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

15. Markazi Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

16. Isfehan Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

17. Ilam Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

18. Yasoj Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

19. Yazd Agricultural Research Centre, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

Abstract<br />

<strong>Yellow</strong> (stripe) rust disease caused by fungus Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia striiformis f.sp. tritici is<br />

<strong>the</strong> major problem <strong>in</strong> wheat production <strong>in</strong> most parts <strong>of</strong> Iran. Monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

pathogen virulence factors and <strong>the</strong>ir changes provides basic <strong>in</strong>formation for<br />

<strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> an early warn<strong>in</strong>g system. This experiment was carried out<br />

<strong>in</strong> 20 locations throughout Iran. For this purpose, 30 l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> a standard set <strong>of</strong><br />

yellow rust and 14 near-isogenic l<strong>in</strong>es developed by Dr Well<strong>in</strong>gs from<br />

Australia were sown <strong>in</strong> 2-m rows for each l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> cropp<strong>in</strong>g seasons 2001/2 and<br />

2002/3. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> results, virulence on He<strong>in</strong>es Kolben (Yr2),<br />

Kalyansona (Yr2), Lee (Yr7), Avocet R (YrA), Federation*4/Kavkaz (Yr9),<br />

Yr6/6*Avocet “S”, Yr7/6*Avocet “S”, Yr9/6*Avocet “S”, Yr17/6*Avocet “S”,<br />

TP1295 (Yr25) and YrSU was common dur<strong>in</strong>g those two seasons. The<br />

frequency <strong>of</strong> virulence on plants with Yr2, Yr6, Yr7, Yr9 or YrA was up to 70%.

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