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Stem and leaf rust resistance in wild relatives of wheat with D genome (Aegilops spp.)

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Resistance to stem rust and leaf rust in five D genome species of wheat viz., 267 accessions of Aegilops tauschii Coss., 39 of Ae. cylindrica Host, 17 of Ae. ventricosa Tausch, 4 of Ae. crassa Boiss. and 8 of Ae. juvenalis (Thell.) Eig were evaluated at adult plant stage. Two hundred and thirty nine (90 %) accessions of Ae. tauschii, 30 (77 %) of Ae. cylindrica, 16 (94 %) of Ae. ventricosa, 3 (75 %) of Ae. crassa Boiss. and 5 (62.5 %) of Ae. juvenalis were resistant to stem rust pathotypes prevalent in South India at Wellington under field condition. Invariably, all the accessions of the five species were resistant to leaf rust pathotypes. Quantitative measurement of disease using area under the disease progress curve revealed the slow progress of disease in the resistant accessions compared to susceptible check (Agra Local). Since all the five species have D genome, it could be concluded that the genes present in D genome might play a vital role in leaf rust resistance, but in case of stem rust resistance wide range of differential response was noticed. Among the species evaluated, Ae. tauschii was exploited to a larger extent, followed by Ae. ventricosa and Ae. cylindrica for leaf and stem rust resistance because of the homology of D genome with hexaploid bread wheat. While, Ae. crassa and Ae. juvenalis could not be utilized so far, possibly due to partial homology which makes the transfer of traits difficult. So, these species have considerable potential as a source of rust resistance and may enhance the existing gene pool of resistance to stem and leaf rusts.

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Authors thank Director and Joint Director (Research), I.A.R.I., New Delhi, for constant encouragement and support. Authors would also gratefully acknowledge National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) for the financial support to carry out this work.

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    V. K. Vikas, M. Sivasamy, J. Kumar, P. Jayaprakash & Arun Kumar

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    Sundeep Kumar, R. Parimalan, Kalyani Srinivasan, J. Radhamani, Sherry Rachel Jacob, Mamata Yadav, Jyotisna Rani, I. S. Bisht, D. C. Bhandari, Sunil Archak, M. Dutta, R. K. Tyagi & K. C. Bansal

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Vikas, V.K., Sivasamy, M., Kumar, J. et al. Stem and leaf rust resistance in wild relatives of wheat with D genome (Aegilops spp.). Genet Resour Crop Evol 61, 861–874 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-014-0085-6

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