Genes for Resistance to Yellow Rust in Seedlings of Wheat Cultivars from Pakistan Tested with British Isolates of Puccinia striiformis |
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| Authors: | M. S. Perwaiz R. Johnson |
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| Affiliation: | M. S. Perwaiz;, Mango Research Station. Shujabad, Multan Dr. R. Johnson;, Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge CB2 2LQ (England). |
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| Abstract: | Seedlings of 26 wheat caltivars from Pakistan were tested with 18 British races of P. striiformis. It is postulated that the race-specific genes Yr6, Yr7, Yr9 and perhaps Yr2 were present among the cultivars, and that there was other resistance not controlled by these genes. |
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| Keywords: | Triticum aestivum Puccinia striiformis yellow rust resistance race-specific genes |
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