scholarly journals Race and Virulence Analysis of Puccinia triticina in China During 2011 to 2013

Plant Disease ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 2095-2101
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Yu Xiao ◽  
Ying Gao ◽  
Na Zhao ◽  
Yajuan An ◽  
...  

Wheat leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, is a common fungal disease of wheat in China. In order to identify races and determine the individual virulence of isolates in different wheat-growing regions in China, leaf rust samples collected from 18 provinces in 2011 to 2013 were tested on 37 Thatcher near-isogenic lines each carrying a different single leaf rust resistance gene. A total of 158 races were identified. Races THTT (19.5%), THTS (16.9%), PHTT (7.7%), THJS (5.0%), THJT (4.2%), and PHTS (4.0%) were the most predominant races in 2011 to 2013. All of these races were avirulent to resistance genes Lr9 and Lr24. The two most frequent races, THTT and THTS, were widely distributed. The frequencies of the isolates with virulence to Lr1, Lr2c, Lr3, Lr16, Lr26, Lr17, LrB, Lr10, Lr14a, Lr3bg, Lr14b, Lr33, Lr37, and Lr50 exceeded 90%. Frequencies of virulence to Lr2a, Lr3ka, Lr11, Lr30, Lr2b, and Lr32 exceeded 70% but were less than 90%. Frequencies of virulence to Lr18, Lr21, Lr15, Lr23, Lr33+34, Lr36, Lr39, and Lr44 were below 70%, whereas the frequency of virulence to Lr25 was less than 1%. All isolates were avirulent to Lr9, Lr19, Lr24, Lr28, Lr42, Lr29, Lr38, and Lr47. The identified races and individual virulence frequencies provide a basis for selection of effective leaf rust resistance genes for use in breeding programs and can also provide information for the study of race evolution of P. triticina.

Plant Disease ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Congcong Shi ◽  
Lingrui Li ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Qingfang Meng ◽  
...  

Wheat leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, is an important fungal disease of wheat in China. To study races of the pathogen in China, leaf rust samples were collected from 14 provinces in 2014 and 15 provinces in 2015. From the samples, 494 single-uredinial isolates were derived from the 2014 collection and 649 from the 2015 collection. These isolates were tested on 40 near-isogenic lines of Thatcher carrying single leaf rust resistance genes. From the isolates, 84 races were identified in 2014 and 65 races in 2015. Races THTT (22.1%), THTS (19.6%), THJT (8.7%), PHTT (4.9%), and PHJT (3.6%) were the most common races in 2014, and THTT (28.4%), THTS (12.8%), THJT (11.6%), THJS (9.9%), and PHTT (9.7%) were the most frequent in 2015. All of these races were avirulent to resistance genes Lr9 and Lr24. THTT and THTS, the most frequent races in both years, were widely distributed throughout the country. The frequencies of isolates with virulence to Lr1, Lr2a, Lr2c, Lr3, Lr16, Lr26, Lr11, Lr17, LrB, Lr10, Lr14a, Lr2b, Lr3bg, Lr14b, Lr32, Lr33, and Lr50 were over 80%, whereas the frequencies of virulence to Lr9, Lr19, Lr25, Lr28, Lr29, and Lr47 were less than 3.5%. In the present study, all isolates were avirulent to Lr24 and Lr38. The race analysis and individual virulence frequencies provide guidance to breeders in choosing leaf rust resistance genes for use in breeding programs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (12) ◽  
pp. 1322-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Loladze ◽  
Dhouha Kthiri ◽  
Curtis Pozniak ◽  
Karim Ammar

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, is one of the main fungal diseases limiting durum wheat production. This study aimed to characterize previously undescribed genes for leaf rust resistance in durum wheat. Six different resistant durum genotypes were crossed to two susceptible International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) lines and the resulting F1, F2, and F3 progenies were evaluated for leaf rust reactions in the field and under greenhouse conditions. In addition, allelism tests were conducted. The results of the study indicated that most genotypes carried single effective dominant or recessive seedling resistance genes; the only exception to this was genotype Gaza, which carried one adult plant and one seedling resistance gene. In addition, it was concluded that the resistance genes identified in the current study were neither allelic to LrCamayo or Lr61, nor were they related to Lr3 or Lr14a, the genes that already are either ineffective or are considered to be vulnerable for breeding purposes. A complicated allelic or linkage relationship between the identified genes is discussed. The results of the study will be useful for breeding for durable resistance by creating polygenic complexes.


2001 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. Adhikari ◽  
R. A. McIntosh

Studies were undertaken to identify the genes conferring stem rust and leaf rust resistances in Amagalon and to determine the usefulness of this line as a source of rust resistance in oat breeding programs. Amagalon was crossed with certain rust-resistant and rust-susceptible lines and segregating populations were tested with pathotypes of Puccinia graminis avenae and P. coronata avenae. Tests with the widely virulent P. graminis avenae pt 94+Pg-13 indicated that resistance in Amagalon was governed by the complementary recessive gene complex known as Pg-a. This hypothesis was further substantiated by temperature sensitivity tests and by a test of induced susceptibility to stem rust, known to be unique to lines possessing Pg-a. However, Amagalon yielded a unique source of resistance to leaf rust that was effective against current pathotypes of P. coronata avenae in Australia. This gene, assumed to be Pc91, was inherited independently of a second leaf rust resistance gene present in cv. Culgoa. It was concluded that Amagalon is a useful source of resistance to leaf rust that should be used in combination with other genes for resistance to prolong its effectiveness.


Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Herrera-Foessel ◽  
R. P. Singh ◽  
J. Huerta-Espino ◽  
H. M. William ◽  
V. Garcia ◽  
...  

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, is an important disease of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) and only a few designated resistance genes are known to occur in this crop. A dominant leaf rust resistance gene in the Chilean durum cv. Llareta INIA was mapped to chromosome arm 7BL through bulked segregant analysis using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique, and by mapping three polymorphic markers in the common wheat (T. aestivum) International Triticeae Mapping Initiative population. Several simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, including Xgwm344-7B and Xgwm146-7B, were associated with the leaf rust resistance gene. Resistance response and chromosomal position indicated that this gene is likely to be Lr14a. The SSR markers Xgwm344-7B and Xgwm146-7B and one AFLP marker also differentiated common wheat cv. Thatcher from the near-isogenic line with Lr14a, as well as durum ‘Altar C84’ from durum wheat with Lr14a. This is the first report of the presence of Lr14a in durum wheat, although the gene originally was transferred from emmer wheat ‘Yaroslav’ to common wheat. Lr14a is also present in CIMMYT-derived durum ‘Somateria’ and effective against Mexican and other P. triticina races of durum origin. Lr14a should be deployed in combination with other effective leaf rust resistance genes to prolong its effectiveness in durum wheat.


2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 262-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wang ◽  
L. Shi ◽  
L. Zhu ◽  
X. Li ◽  
D. Liu

The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) line 5R618, bred at the China Agricultural University, is resistant in the seedling stage to the majority of the current Chinese pathotypes of wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina). To identify and map the leaf rust resistance gene in the 5R618 line, F<sub>2</sub> plants and F<sub>2:3</sub> families from a cross between 5R618 and Zhengzhou5389 (susceptible) were inoculated in the greenhouse with the Chinese P. triticina pathotype THJP. Results from the F<sub>2</sub> and F<sub>2:3</sub> populations indicate that a single dominant gene, temporarily designated&nbsp;Lr5R, conferred resistance. Using the molecular marker method, Lr5R was located on the 3DL chromosome. It was closely linked to the markers Xbarc71 and OPJ-09 with genetic distances of 0.9 cM and 1.0 cM, respectively. At present only one designated gene (Lr24) is located on the 3DL chromosome. The genetic distance between Lr5R&nbsp;and Lr24 confirms that Lr5R is a new leaf rust resistance gene.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulualem T. Kassa ◽  
Frank M. You ◽  
Colin W. Hiebert ◽  
Curtis J. Pozniak ◽  
Pierre R. Fobert ◽  
...  

Plant Disease ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. F. Li ◽  
X. C. Xia ◽  
Z. H. He ◽  
X. Li ◽  
L. J. Zhang ◽  
...  

Identification of resistance genes is important for developing leaf rust resistant wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars. A total of 102 Chinese winter wheat cultivars and advanced lines were inoculated with 24 pathotypes of Puccinia triticina for postulation of leaf rust resistance genes effective at the seedling stage. These genotypes were also planted in the field for characterization of slow rusting responses to leaf rust in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 cropping seasons. Fourteen leaf rust resistance genes—Lr1, Lr2a, Lr3bg, Lr3ka, Lr14a, Lr16, Lr17a, Lr18, Lr20, Lr23, Lr24, Lr26, Lr34, and LrZH84—either singly or in combinations, were postulated in 65 genotypes, whereas known resistance genes were not identified in the other 37 accessions. Resistance gene Lr26 was present in 44 accessions. Genes Lr14a and Lr34 were each detected in seven entries. Lr1 and Lr3ka were each found in six cultivars, and five lines possessed Lr16. Lr17a and Lr18 were each identified in four lines. Three cultivars were postulated to possess Lr3bg. Genes Lr20, Lr24, and LrZH84 were each present in two cultivars. Each of the genes Lr2a and Lr23 may exist in one line. Fourteen genotypes showed slow leaf rusting resistance in two cropping seasons.


Plant Disease ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Kolmer

Collections of Puccinia triticina were made from rust-infected wheat leaves in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia in 1999 to examine if these states can be considered as a single epidemiological unit for virulence phenotypes of the wheat leaf rust pathogen. Singleuredinial isolates derived from the leaf rust collections were processed for identification of virulence phenotypes on seedling plants in greenhouse tests. Twenty-one virulence phenotypes from 253 isolates were described based on infection type to 16 Thatcher wheat lines near-isogenic for leaf rust resistance genes. Virulence phenotype MBRK (virulent to leaf rust resistance genes Lr1, Lr3, Lr3ka, Lr11, Lr30, Lr10, Lr14a, and Lr18) was the most common phenotype in the region, at 38.7% of all isolates. Phenotype TLGF (virulent to Lr1, Lr2a, Lr2c, Lr3, Lr9, Lr11, Lr14a, and Lr18) was the second most common phenotype overall, at 33.8% of isolates. Twenty-nine isolates selected on the basis of seedling virulence phenotypes also were tested for virulence to adult wheat plants with the resistance genes Lr12, Lr13, Lr22b, and Lr34. In all, 23 isolates were avirulent to Lr12 and 26 isolates were virulent to Lr13. All isolates had fewer and smaller uredinia on the Thatcher line with Lr34 compared with Thatcher. The widespread occurrence of the predominant P. triticina virulence phenotypes throughout the region indicated that the South Atlantic states should be considered as a single epidemiological area for wheat leaf rust. Some virulence phenotypes which occurred at lower frequencies were found primarily in the Coastal Plain and mountains of North Carolina or in breeding plots in southern Georgia. Localized populations of P. triticina may develop in the South Atlantic region due to overwintering of leaf rust infections or specific selection by leaf rust resistance genes in wheat cultivars.


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