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Seven and a half thousand wheat varieties, including over 2,000 durums, were screened for resistance to Septoria tritici under conditions of artificial inoculation in the field. From this screening, 460 varieties were selected on the basis of resistance and earliness and were subject to more detailed observation.
Selected varieties were tested in the field with two replications under both natural and artificial epidemic conditions. The agreement between varietal scores in the two replications and under the two conditions was good; 91–94% of varieties showing consistent disease scores. The correlation coefficient between varietal scores for the natural epidemic and the artificial epidemic conditions was 0.63***.
A number of the very early maturing varieties of T. aestivum showed good resistance as measured by pycnidial production but exhibited extensive leaf necrosis. This reaction was not observed in later varieties and in accessions of T. durum.
Varieties of Triticum durum were typically more resistant than varieties of T. aestivum. Thirty-four varieties of T. aestivum and 266 varieties of t. durum showed a consistent expression of resistance. A list of these 34 accessions of T. aestivum and selected accessions of T. durum is provided, along with agronomic data.
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Rosielle, A.A. Sources of resistance in wheat to speckled leaf blotch caused by Septoria tritici . Euphytica 21, 152–161 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040560
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