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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Yield evaluations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PBW 343- and Inqilab 91-derived l<strong>in</strong>es were<br />

conducted dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> 2002/03 crop season at Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, and,<br />

based on <strong>the</strong> yield data, <strong>the</strong> 10 best derivatives <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two cultivars<br />

were selected for yield evaluations at multiple sites <strong>in</strong> India, Pakistan,<br />

Afghanistan, Iran and Nepal. The idea <strong>of</strong> this trial was to distribute <strong>the</strong>se l<strong>in</strong>es<br />

as fast as possible and obta<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation on gra<strong>in</strong> yield and rust resistance as<br />

soon as possible from locations <strong>in</strong> Asia. We <strong>in</strong>itiated <strong>the</strong> cross<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 1999 and<br />

just five years later yield trials were planted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region. In Mexico <strong>the</strong>se l<strong>in</strong>es<br />

had shown high levels <strong>of</strong> resistance to both stripe rust and leaf rust and 4–12%<br />

higher yield potential compared with <strong>the</strong> plots <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> parent cultivars that were<br />

protected from leaf rust through fungicide applications. At present we are<br />

wait<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>the</strong> multi-site yield results to identify <strong>the</strong> best l<strong>in</strong>es for fur<strong>the</strong>r yield<br />

test<strong>in</strong>g and release. If superior l<strong>in</strong>es are identified <strong>the</strong>y can provide farmers an<br />

option to grow durably resistant versions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir favourite cultivar.<br />

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