Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Musharaf Ahmad

Publications

• Research Article
  Characterization of Slow Rusting Resistance against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Candidate and Released Bread Wheat Cultivars of Pakistan
  Author(s): Syed Jawad Ahmad Shah, Shaukat Hussain, Musharaf Ahmad, Farhatullah and Muhmmad IbrahimSyed Jawad Ahmad Shah, Shaukat Hussain, Musharaf Ahmad, Farhatullah and Muhmmad Ibrahim
  
  A set of 50 candidate and released bread wheat cultivars of Pakistan were studied to identify slow rusting resistance against yellow rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (PST). Seedling tests were done under glasshouse conditions at Thiverval-Grignon, INRA, France while slow rusting resistance was evaluated during 2005-07 in field plots using epidemiological variables at Peshawar, Pakistan. Twenty nine cultivars (58%) displayed susceptibility against the two PST races used in the seedling tests. Epidemiological parameters of resistance at the adult-plant stage were significantly (P<0.01) different for years, cultivars and cultivar x year interactions over three years. Analyses were done for sequence tagged site (STS) marker, csLV34 at INRA and revealed that 40% of the tested cultivars possessed adult plant resistance gene Yr18 linked allele of 150 bp. Of the 50 cultiv.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7471.1000223

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