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Identification of QTLs for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight Using a Doubled Haploid Population Derived from Southeastern United States Soft Red Winter Wheat Varieties AGS 2060 and AGS 2035.
Genes - 25 Jun 2020
Castro Aviles Alejandro, Alan Harrison Stephen, Joseph Arceneaux Kelly, Brown-Guidera Gina, Esten Mason Richard, Baisakh Niranjan
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused primarily by the fungus Fusarium graminearum, is one of the most damaging diseases of wheat, causing significant loss of yield and quality worldwide. Warm and wet conditions during flowering, a lack of resistant wheat varieties, and high inoculum pressure from corn stubble contribute to frequent FHB epidemics in the southern United States. The soft red winter wheat variety AGS...
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