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In a comparative study of reaction patterns and by analysis of segregation ratios in cross progenies, Triticum dicoccoides Koern. sel. G-25 was shown to possess a yet unknown gene for resistance to yellow rust. It is suggested to assign provisionally the symbol Yr15 to this gene.
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Gerechter-Amitai, Z.K., van Silfhout, C.H., Grama, A. et al. Yr15 — a new gene for resistance to Puccinia striiformis in Triticum dicoccoides sel. G-25. Euphytica 43, 187–190 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037912
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