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Breeding of a Near-Isogenic Wheat Line Resistant to Wheat Blast at Both Seedling and Heading Stages Through Incorporation of Rmg8.
Phytopathology - 1 Aug 2024
Yoshioka Motohiro, Shibata Mai, Morita Kohei, Islam M Thoihidul, Fujita Masaya, Hatta Koichi, Tougou Makoto, Tosa Yukio, Asuke Soichiro
Abstract excerpt
Wheat blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae pathotype Triticum (MoT) has been transmitted from South America to Bangladesh and Zambia and is now spreading in these countries. To prepare against its further spread to Asian countries, we introduced Rmg8, a gene for resistance to wheat blast, into a Japanese elite cultivar, Chikugoizumi (ChI), through recurrent backcrosses and established ChI near-isogenic lines,...
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