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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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344<br />

Resistance response <strong>of</strong><br />

promis<strong>in</strong>g wheat l<strong>in</strong>es to yellow<br />

rust by evaluation <strong>of</strong> AUDPC <strong>in</strong><br />

Ardabil<br />

S. A. Safavi 1 , A. Babaei 2 , F. Afshari 3 and M. Arzanlou 2<br />

1. Research Centre <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Natural Resources <strong>of</strong> Ardabil, Ardabil, Islamic<br />

Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

2. Plant Pathology Department <strong>of</strong> Tabriz University – Tabriz, Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />

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

Abstract<br />

<strong>Yellow</strong> rust caused by Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia striiformis f.sp. tritici is undoubtedly <strong>the</strong> most<br />

important fungal disease <strong>of</strong> wheat, especially <strong>in</strong> central and western Asia, and<br />

causes significant annual yield losses. In 1993 and 1995, losses due to yellow<br />

rust epidemics were estimated to be 1.5 and 1 million tonne, respectively.<br />

Production and use <strong>of</strong> resistant cultivars is <strong>the</strong> best control method. For this<br />

purpose, study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reaction <strong>of</strong> 29 promis<strong>in</strong>g genotypes (l<strong>in</strong>es) to yellow rust<br />

was carried out <strong>in</strong> Ardabil <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2008/09 cropp<strong>in</strong>g season. Each genotype was<br />

planted as two 1-m long rows <strong>in</strong> a complete block design with three<br />

replications. The experiment was conducted under field conditions with<br />

artificial <strong>in</strong>oculation. In addition, seedl<strong>in</strong>g tests were conducted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

greenhouse. The disease severity and <strong>in</strong>fection type were recorded based on<br />

<strong>the</strong> modified Cobb’s scale <strong>of</strong> Peterson, Campbell and Hannah (1948) and <strong>the</strong><br />

method <strong>of</strong> Roelfs, S<strong>in</strong>gh and Saari (1992). Coefficients <strong>of</strong> Infection (CI) were<br />

<strong>the</strong>n calculated by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g disease severity and constant values <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>fection<br />

type. Results <strong>of</strong> variance analysis showed significant differences among l<strong>in</strong>es at<br />

<strong>the</strong> 1% probability level. Mean comparison <strong>of</strong> CI and rAUDPC (Relative Area<br />

Under Disease Progress Curve) <strong>in</strong>dicated that <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>es C-86-1, C-86-2, C-87-1,<br />

C-87-2, C-87-3, C-87-18 had <strong>the</strong> highest CI and rAUDPC. The l<strong>in</strong>es C-86-3, C-<br />

86-9, C-87-6, C-87-8, and C-87-11 were susceptible at <strong>the</strong> seedl<strong>in</strong>g stage but<br />

resistant at <strong>the</strong> adult plant stage. The rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>es had no <strong>in</strong>fection or a low<br />

level <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>fection. Thus, <strong>the</strong>y were selected as resistant or moderately resistant<br />

l<strong>in</strong>es.

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