Department of Plant Science, College of Agriculture, Wolaita Sodo University, P.O Box 138 Sodo, Ethiopia
Research Article
Response of Ethiopia Durum Wheat Accessions for Resistance to Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. Tritici) Disease
Author(s): Silas Chiko*
The horizontal resistance is effective against broad range of pathogen races and even reduces the costs of fungicides for controlling. The objective of present study is based on the field assessment of adult resistance genes in Ethiopia durum wheat accessions for resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici). The 142 durum wheat accessions were obtained from the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute and screening for stem rust in Debrezeit agricultural research experimental fields using alpha lattice design. The bulk of races (TTKSK (Ug99), TTTTF, TTRTF, JRCQC, TKTTF) inoculated during stem elongation stage. The disease assessment started the first symptom of seen in infector rows. In the field, durum accessions were examined utilizing for slow rust parameters. Accordingly, to that the 23 accessions were identified having low value of terminal rust resistan.. View more»