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Dissection of the multigenic wheat stem rust resistance present in the Montenegrin spring wheat accession PI 362698.
BMC genomics - 22 Jan 2018
Zurn Jason D, Rouse Matthew N, Chao Shiaoman, Aoun Meriem, Macharia Godwin, Hiebert Colin W, Pretorius Zacharias A, Bonman J Michael, Acevedo Maricelis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Research to identify and characterize stem rust resistance genes in common wheat, Triticum aestivum, has been stimulated by the emergence of Ug99-lineage races of the wheat stem rust pathogen, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), in Eastern Africa. The Montenegrin spring wheat landrace PI 362698 was identified as a source of Pgt resistance. This accession exhibits resistance to multiple...
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