Application of Genomics Tools in Wheat Breeding to Attain Durable Rust Resistance.

ABSTRACT: Wheat is an important source of dietary protein and calories for the majority of the world's population. It is one of the largest grown cereal in the world occupying over 215 M ha. Wheat production globally is challenged by biotic stresses such as pests and diseases. Of the 50 diseases of wheat that are of economic importance, the three rust diseases are the most ubiquitous causing significant yield losses in the majority of wheat production environments. Under severe epidemics they can lead to food insecurity threats amid the continuous evolution of new races of the pathogens, shifts in population dynamics and their virulence patterns, thereby rendering several effective resistance genes deployed in wheat breeding programs vulnerable. This emphasizes the need to identify, characterize, an

SUBMITTER: Babu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7516254 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature