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Fifty wheat varieties along with Jupateco-73 and Morocco were studied for the expression of leaf tip necrosis (LTN), a trait linked with the durable rust resistance gene pair Lr34/Yr18. LTN was frequent (i.e., ≥6) in nine replications of a field experiment over 3 years in 17 genotypes, and the varieties were considered positive for LTN. In molecular analyses of these varieties, having relative severity values up to 78 for yellow rust and 45 for leaf rust, the 150-bp Lr34/Yr18-linked allele was consistently amplified. Expression of LTN in six of nine replications is an appropriate threshold for predicting the presence of Lr34/Yr18 gene pair, and genotypes can be selected using this trait.
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Shah, S.J.A., Hussain, S., Ahmad, M. et al. Using leaf tip necrosis as a phenotypic marker to predict the presence of durable rust resistance gene pair Lr34/Yr18 in wheat. J Gen Plant Pathol 77, 174–177 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-011-0301-6
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