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Genome-wide association study of stem rust resistance in a world collection of cultivated barley.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jan 2018
Case Austin J, Bhavani Sridhar, Macharia Godwin, Steffenson Brian J
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: QTL conferring a 14-40% reduction in adult plant stem rust severity to multiple races of Pgt were found on chromosome 5H and will be useful in barley breeding. Stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is an important disease of barley. The resistance gene Rpg1 has protected the crop against stem rust losses for over 70 years in North America, but is not effective against the...
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