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Meeting the Challenge of Yellow Rust in Cereal Crops - ICARDA

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Inheritance <strong>of</strong> yellow rust resistance <strong>in</strong> wheat cultivar<br />

Sönmez<br />

K. Akan, 1 Z. Mert, 1 , L. Çet<strong>in</strong>, 1 F. Düşünceli, 1 , N. Bolat, 2 M. Çakmak 2 and S. Belen 2<br />

1. Central Research Institute for Field <strong>Crops</strong>, Ankara, Turkey;<br />

2. Anatolian Agricultural Research Institute, Eskisehir, Turkey<br />

<strong>Yellow</strong> rust, caused by <strong>the</strong> fungus Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia striiformis f.sp. tritici, is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

most damag<strong>in</strong>g diseases affect<strong>in</strong>g yield and quality <strong>in</strong> wheat <strong>in</strong> Turkey and<br />

worldwide. Among all <strong>the</strong> control measures <strong>of</strong> yellow rust, genetic resistance<br />

is <strong>the</strong> most economical and practical mean <strong>of</strong> control, caus<strong>in</strong>g no additional<br />

cost to <strong>the</strong> farmer. Use <strong>of</strong> genetic resistance and development <strong>of</strong> resistant<br />

cultivars are very important to control <strong>the</strong> disease. Additionally, genetic<br />

resistance is an environmentally safe control measure. The most widely<br />

utilized resistance mechanism for yellow rust is a race-specific type (generally<br />

under mono- or polygenic control). At present, more than 30 resistance genes<br />

have been described. Sönmez 2001 is a wheat cultivar with resistance to yellow<br />

rust that was released for <strong>the</strong> central Anatolia region. The objective <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

present study was to determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>heritance <strong>of</strong> resistance <strong>in</strong> cv. Sönmez 2001<br />

bread wheat. Resistances at adult and seedl<strong>in</strong>g stages <strong>of</strong> segregat<strong>in</strong>g F 2 plants<br />

obta<strong>in</strong>ed from a Sönmez 2001 × Aytın 98 cross were determ<strong>in</strong>ed under artificial<br />

disease conditions produced us<strong>in</strong>g appropriate <strong>in</strong>oculation methods <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> field<br />

and greenhouse. For <strong>the</strong> adult plant stage test, <strong>the</strong> F 2 plants and <strong>the</strong> parents<br />

were sown by hand <strong>in</strong> rows 2-m long <strong>in</strong> October 2006. The F 2 plants for <strong>the</strong><br />

seedl<strong>in</strong>g stage test, <strong>the</strong> parents and <strong>the</strong> susceptible checks were sown <strong>in</strong> small<br />

pots and kept <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> greenhouse until scored <strong>in</strong> March 2007. A yellow rust<br />

population virulent on Yr6, Yr7, Yr8, Yr9, Yr2+, YrSD and YrA was used for<br />

<strong>in</strong>oculation <strong>of</strong> both seedl<strong>in</strong>g and adult plants. Analysis us<strong>in</strong>g a Chi-squared test<br />

confirmed that resistance is controlled by a m<strong>in</strong>or gene <strong>in</strong> cv. Sönmez 2001.

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