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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Changes <strong>of</strong> stripe [yellow] rust races and gene resistance<br />

efficacy <strong>in</strong> Egypt<br />

M. M. EL-Shamy, 1 S. EL-Shereif 1 and M. Azab 2<br />

1. Wheat Diseases Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, ARC,<br />

Giza, Egypt; 2. National Wheat Research Programme, Field <strong>Crops</strong> Research Institute,<br />

Egypt.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> past, epidemics <strong>of</strong> wheat stripe [yellow] rust (Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia striiformis f.sp.<br />

tritici) occurred sporadically <strong>in</strong> Egypt. However, s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> 1995 season, stripe<br />

rust has appeared annually and caused large losses <strong>in</strong> gra<strong>in</strong> yield <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bread<br />

wheat cultivars Sakha 8, Sakha 69, Giza 163 and Gemmeiza 3. In <strong>the</strong> period<br />

2004–2007, surveys were carried out. S<strong>in</strong>gle-pustule isolates were collected<br />

from nurseries, trap plots and commercial fields. Each s<strong>in</strong>gle-pustule isolate<br />

was <strong>in</strong>creased on seedl<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> susceptible cv. Morocco. Isolates were tested<br />

on a set <strong>of</strong> 17 differential s<strong>in</strong>gle-gene l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> wheat. Stripe rust <strong>in</strong>fection types<br />

were scored accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> scale <strong>of</strong> McNeal et al. (1971). Out <strong>of</strong> 270 isolates,<br />

26 stripe rust races were identified <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> period from 2004–2007. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

races were present <strong>in</strong> all four years, while o<strong>the</strong>rs were found only <strong>in</strong> one<br />

season. Frequencies <strong>of</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> races were compared for each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

four years. For example, race OEO was found at a frequency <strong>of</strong> 13.3% dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> four years, while races 4E0, 4E2, 6E134 and 64E6 did not exceed 10% each.<br />

However, twelve stripe rust races—2E128, 32E0, 102E22, 102E128, 142E20,<br />

198E144, 228E148, 230E158, 230E191, 238E0, 238E182 and 494E128—were<br />

identified for <strong>the</strong> first time <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2006/07 season, at a frequency <strong>of</strong> 6% for each<br />

race. This may <strong>in</strong>dicate that epidemics <strong>of</strong> stripe rust have resulted from<br />

<strong>in</strong>oculum exogenous to Egypt. The data obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> period 2004–2007 have<br />

shown that stripe rust populations were virulent on Yr6, Yr7, YrSD, YrSU, Yr7,<br />

Yr6, Yr3, Yr8 and Yr2. S<strong>in</strong>gle-gene l<strong>in</strong>es with Yr1, Yr10, YrSP, Yr5 and YrCV<br />

were <strong>the</strong> most resistant. The genes Yr3, Yr4 and Yr9 were <strong>in</strong>termediate <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

efficacy.

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