Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Department of Plant Sciences, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Screening of Bread Wheat Genotypes for Slow Rusting Resistance to Yellow Rust (Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici) and Association among Parameters in Southeastern Ethiopia
  Author(s): Tilahun Bayisa*, Habtamu Terefe and Tesfaye Letta
  
  Rapid evolution and spread of new virulent races of yellow rust results in frequent failure of new varieties released in Ethiopia. Thus, it is inevitable to identify durable sources of resistance for wheat rusts. The study was conducted to identify slow rusting resistance to yellow rust among thirty bread wheat genotypes and to understand the association of slow rusting characters with grain yield at Sinana and Agarfa, Southeastern Ethiopia, during 2017 cropping season. The experiment was laid out in alpha lattice design with three replications. Susceptible varieties PBW 343, Morocco and Digalu were planted around experimental blocks to enhance natural infection. Disease parameters including Coefficient of Infection (CI), Final Rust Severity (FRS), Area Under Diseases Progress Curve (AUDPC) and infection rate (r-value) were used to identify slow rusting resistance.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7471.23.14.674

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