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The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is a major pest of wheat in North Africa, southern Europe, North America, and northern Kazakhstan. It is believed this pest (like wheat) originated in West Asia. The Syrian Hessian fly biotype has been found to be the most virulent worldwide, and has been used at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) for screening wheat and its wild relatives to identify new sources of resistance. The screening was conducted in an insect rearing room set at 20°C and 70% RH using a Hessian fly population collected from Lattakia region, Syria. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with four replications. ‘Nasma’ (bread wheat) and ‘Cando’ (durum wheat) were used as susceptible and resistant checks, respectively. A total of 623 lines/accessions of wheat and its wild relatives (Aegilops and Triticum) were evaluated. Twenty-nine Aegilops accessions and four synthetic derived bread wheat lines were found resistant. The presence of dead first instars confirmed the resistance reaction and also showed that antibiosis is the major mechanism of resistance in these materials. These sources of resistance are used in ICARDA’s wheat breeding programs for the development of Hessian fly-resistant germplasm/varieties.
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El Bouhssini, M., Nachit, M.M., Valkoun, J. et al. Sources of resistance to Hessian fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Syria identified among Aegilops species and synthetic derived bread wheat lines. Genet Resour Crop Evol 55, 1215–1219 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-008-9321-2
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