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Unravelling the category of host plant resistance in Aegilops tauschii Coss. against the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L.

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Host plant resistance (HPR) is the most promising alternative to aphidicides used to control bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L. infestation in wheat. A variety of experiments including locomotory, olfactometry (antixenosis), nymphiposition, relative growth and development bioassay (antibiosis), and tolerance studies were conducted to underpin the category of HPR for R. padi resistance in diploid Aegilops tauschii Coss. accessions pau 14232 and 14576 along with susceptible hexaploid Triticum aestivum L. variety HD 2967. R. padi nymphs showed a lower intrinsic rate of increase (0.192), weight gain (46.41–49.50 µg), mean relative growth rate (0.026–0.029), nymphal survival (43–48%), adult longevity (10.7–11.17 days), total development period (25.45–25.65 days) with a prolonged nymphal duration (13.4 days) on Ae. tauschii accessions as compared to susceptible check (HD 2967). Bird cherry-oat aphid also showed reduced locomotory and nymphiposition behaviour on Ae. tauschii. In the olfactometry assay, R. padi indicated less preference for diploid Ae. tauschii accessions. However, no significant difference observed in tolerance parameters viz. percentage proportional fresh plant loss index and percentage proportional dry plant loss index between Ae. tauschii accessions and HD 2967. Results showed that the R. padi resistance in Ae. tauschii pau accessions are governed by a combination of antixenosis and antibiosis.

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The financial support provided by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India in the form of project grant BT/PR32905/AGIII/103/1162/2019 is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Jyoti Sharma

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Both authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Miss Jyoti Sharma and Dr Beant Singh. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Jyoti Sharma and both authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sharma, J., Singh, B. Unravelling the category of host plant resistance in Aegilops tauschii Coss. against the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L.. Euphytica 218, 108 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-022-03064-2

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