Resistance to Snow Mold as a Target Trait for Rye Breeding.

ABSTRACT: Winter rye is a versatile crop widely used for food and industry. Although rye is resistant to abiotic stressors and many phytopathogens, it is severely damaged by pink snow mold (SM)-a progressive disease caused by the psychrotolerant fungus Microdochium nivale under the snow cover or during prolonged periods of wet and cool conditions. Due to little use of the SM resistance sources in contemporary breeding, varieties with at least moderate resistance to SM are limited. Our study aimed to integrate field assessment under natural conditions and an artificially enriched infection background with laboratory techniques for testing rye accessions and selecting SM resistant sources for applied breeding programs and genetic research. We revealed valuable sources of SM resistance and split

SUBMITTER: Ponomareva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9571149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature