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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Reaction <strong>of</strong> w<strong>in</strong>ter facultative wheat to yellow rust <strong>in</strong><br />

Turkey and Syria<br />

M. Keser, 1 A. Morgounov, 2 B. Akın, 2 Y. Kaya, 3 Z. Mert, 4 S. Rajaram 5 and N.<br />

Kumarse 5<br />

1. <strong>ICARDA</strong>, Ankara, Turkey; 2. CIMMYT, Ankara, Turkey; 3. BDIARI, Ankara,<br />

Turkey; 4. RIFC, Ankara, Turkey; 5. <strong>ICARDA</strong>, Aleppo, Syria<br />

Wheat is <strong>the</strong> major crop <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Central and West Asia and North Africa<br />

(CWANA) region, and <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> disease is yellow rust (YR). The International<br />

W<strong>in</strong>ter Wheat Improvement Programme (IWWIP) is a jo<strong>in</strong>t programme <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Government <strong>of</strong> Turkey, CIMMYT and <strong>ICARDA</strong> that aims to develop material<br />

to cope with biotic and abiotic stresses prevalent <strong>in</strong> CWANA. The material has<br />

been evaluated for YR reaction <strong>in</strong> Ankara, Turkey, and Aleppo, Syria, under<br />

artificial <strong>in</strong>oculation conditions <strong>in</strong> order to select material resistant at both<br />

locations. The Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary Yield Trial (PYT) (1573 entries, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g checks)<br />

and W<strong>in</strong>ter Facultative Cross<strong>in</strong>g Block (CBWF) were planted <strong>in</strong> both locations.<br />

CBWF had 295 entries that <strong>in</strong>cluded genotypes com<strong>in</strong>g not only from IWWIP<br />

but also from various breed<strong>in</strong>g programmes with wide genotypic diversity.<br />

They were both <strong>in</strong>oculated three times with <strong>the</strong> YR populations collected from<br />

<strong>the</strong> same location <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> previous year. Inoculation times reflected both crop<br />

growth stage (tiller<strong>in</strong>g, boot<strong>in</strong>g and head<strong>in</strong>g) and climatic conditions.<br />

Comparisons were based on <strong>the</strong> reactions to YR <strong>in</strong> both locations. Resistance<br />

and susceptibility <strong>of</strong> most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material was <strong>the</strong> same <strong>in</strong> both locations,<br />

<strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> YR populations were basically <strong>the</strong> same or resistance genes<br />

are <strong>the</strong> same. However, <strong>the</strong>re was some material resistant <strong>in</strong> Ankara but<br />

susceptible <strong>in</strong> Aleppo, and vice versa. There were also some genotypes<br />

show<strong>in</strong>g different degrees <strong>of</strong> resistance or susceptibility between <strong>the</strong> locations.<br />

These results <strong>in</strong>dicate that even though <strong>the</strong> YR populations are mostly similar,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re are also differences, although slight. Some genotypes had very early first<br />

YR symptoms, and though most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m showed very high susceptibility,<br />

some had low YR severity <strong>in</strong> later growth stages. Sets from this material have<br />

been selected for fur<strong>the</strong>r evaluation.

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