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Molecular mapping of a stripe rust resistance gene in spring wheat cultivar Zak.
Phytopathology - 1 Oct 2009
Sui X X, Wang M N, Chen X M
Abstract excerpt
Stripe rust (yellow rust), caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most devastating foliar diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum) worldwide. Growing resistant cultivars is the best approach for control of the disease. Although the stripe rust resistance in spring wheat cv. Zak has been circumvented by a group of races of the pathogen predominant in the United States since 2000, the resistance...
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