scholarly journals Genetic Mapping of Stem Rust Resistance to Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Race TRTTF in the Canadian Wheat Cultivar Harvest

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin W. Hiebert ◽  
Matthew N. Rouse ◽  
Jayaveeramuthu Nirmala ◽  
Tom Fetch

Stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, is a destructive disease of wheat that can be controlled by deploying effective stem rust resistance (Sr) genes. Highly virulent races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici in Africa have been detected and characterized. These include race TRTTF and the Ug99 group of races such as TTKSK. Several Canadian and U.S. spring wheat cultivars, including the widely grown Canadian cultivar ‘Harvest’, are resistant to TRTTF. However, the genetic basis of resistance to TRTTF in Canadian and U.S. spring wheat cultivars is unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine the number of Sr genes involved in TRTTF resistance in Harvest, genetically map the resistance with DNA markers, and use markers to assess the distribution of that resistance in a panel of Canadian cultivars. A doubled haploid (DH) population was produced from the cross LMPG-6S/Harvest. The DH population was tested with race TRTTF at the seedling stage. Of 92 DH progeny evaluated, 46 were resistant and 46 were susceptible which perfectly fit a 1:1 ratio indicating a single Sr gene was responsible for conferring resistance to TRTTF in Harvest. Mapping with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers placed the resistance gene distally on the chromosome 6AS genetic map, which corresponded to the location reported for Sr8. SSR marker gwm459 and 30 cosegregating SNP markers showed the closest linkage, mapping 2.2 cM proximal to the Sr gene. Gene Sr8a confers resistance to TRTTF and may account for the resistance in Harvest. Testing a panel of Canadian wheat cultivars with four SNP markers closely linked to resistance to TRTTF suggested that the resistance present in Harvest is present in many Canadian cultivars. Two of these SNP markers were also predictive of TRTTF resistance in a panel of 241 spring wheat lines from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Plant Disease ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Mohammadi ◽  
Davoud Torkamaneh ◽  
Mehran Patpour

Following emergence of Ug99, the new virulent race of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Africa, a global effort for identification and utilization of new sources of Ug99-resistant germplasm has been undertaken. In this study, we conducted replicated experiments to evaluate the resistance of Iranian wheat germplasm to the TTKSK lineage of the Ug99 race of P. graminis f. sp. tritici. We also evaluated for presence of stem rust resistance genes (i.e., Sr2, Sr24, Sr26, Sr38, Sr39, Sr31, and Sr1RSAmigo) in wheat cultivars and breeding lines widely cultivated in Iran. Our phenotyping data revealed high levels of susceptibility to Ug99 in Iranian bread wheat germplasm. Our genotyping data revealed that Iranian cultivars do not carry Sr24, Sr26, or Sr1RSAmigo. Only a few salt-tolerant cultivars and breeding lines tested positively for Sr2, Sr31, Sr38, or Sr39 markers. In conclusion, the genetic basis for resistance to Ug99 in Iranian wheat cultivars was found to be vulnerable. Acquiring knowledge about existing resistance genes and haplotypes in wheat cultivars and breeding lines will help breeders, cereal pathologists, and policy makers to select and pyramid effective stem rust resistance genes.


1977 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA McIntosh ◽  
PL Dyck ◽  
GJ Green

The wheat cultivars Agent and Agatha each possess closely linked genes for resistance to Puccinia graminis tritici and P. recondita derived from Agropyron elongatum. The genes in Agent, located in chromosome 3D, were designated Sr24 and Lr24. The gene in Agatha for resistance to P. graminis tritici was designated Sr25 and is linked with Lr19 in chromosome 7D. Both Agent and Agatha possess additional genes for resistance to certain cultures of P. graminis tritici. Sr24 is considered a valuable source of resistance for wheat-breeding purposes, but Sr25 conferred an inadequate level of resistance to adult plants. A translocation from an A. elongatum chromosome to wheat chromosome 6A, present in Australian cultivars Eagle, Kite and Jabiru, carries a third gene, Sr26, for stem rust resistance.


1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Dyck ◽  
G. J. Green

The genetics of resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) was investigated in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars Romany, Es.P 518/9, Bonny and Tama that are resistant to many races in both Canada and Kenya. Seedling resistance in the four cultivars to 12 Canadian races is controlled primarily by previously identified genes. The results indicate that the cultivars have the following genes: Romany — Sr5, Sr6, Sr7a, Sr9b and SrW; Es.P 518/9 — Sr5, Sr6, Sr7a, Sr8, Sr9b, SrW and possibly Sr17; Bonny — Sr6 and Sr11; and Tama — Sr6 and Sr8. Gene SrW confers moderate resistance and is also present in the cultivar Webster.


Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wanyera ◽  
M. G. Kinyua ◽  
Y. Jin ◽  
R. P. Singh

Stem rust resistance in wheat cultivars with Sr31 has been effective and durable worldwide for more than 30 years. Isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with virulence to Sr31 were detected in Uganda in 1999 (1). During 2003 and 2004, a majority of current Kenyan cultivars and a large portion of CIMMYT wheat germplasm with gene Sr31 planted in Kenya were susceptible to stem rust. Six isolates collected during 2004 at different locations in Kenya were tested for virulence on the 16 North American stem rust race differentials with the following Sr genes: Sr5, 6, 7b, 8a, 9a, 9b, 9d, 9e, 9g, 10, 11, 17, 21, 30, 36, and Tmp. An extended set of designated Sr genes (Sr13, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 44, and Wld-1) was also tested at the seedling stage. An isolate from Uganda collected in 1999 with virulence on Sr31 was used for comparison. Urediniospores suspended in a lightweight mineral oil were inoculated onto 7-day-old seedlings. Inoculated plants were placed in a dew chamber for 14 h at 18°C in the dark and then for an additional period of 3 to 4 h placed under fluorescent light. Plants were incubated in a greenhouse at 18 ± 2°C with a photoperiod of 16 h. Infection types (IT), described by Stakman et al. (3), were assessed after 14 days postinoculation. All isolates from Kenya exhibited a low infection type (IT 0) on line W2691SrTt-1 (donor of Sr36), a low infection type (IT 2) on cv. Triumph 64 (donor of SrTmp), and high infection types (IT 3 or 4) on all other lines in the differential set (2); thus these isolates were keyed to race TTKS. The virulence pattern of the isolate collected in 1999 from Uganda was identical to that from Kenya on the differential set and on the extended set of designated Sr genes. In this study, these isolates produced a high infection type (IT 3) on Einkorn and CnSSr21Tm (a derivative of Triticum monococcum in Chinese Spring background), two sources of Sr21 used in our study, whereas the isolate with Sr31-virulence from Uganda in 1999 was reported to be avirulent on Sr21 (1). These isolates produced high infection types on single gene lines with Sr31 and winter wheat cvs. Custer, Foster, GA-Dozier, Patton, and Pioneer 26R61, which were known to carry the 1BL.1RS translocation with Sr31. These isolates were also virulent on SrWld-1, a gene used in spring wheat for its resistance to North American stem rust isolates. In addition to Sr36 and SrTmp, other stem rust resistance genes that were effective against TTKS at the seedling stage include Sr13, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, and 44. Cultivars, breeding germplasm, and single gene lines are currently being evaluated for adult plant reaction in Kenya. Results from this study indicated that stem rust isolates with virulence on Sr31 are now wide spread in the Eastern Africa highlands and pose a threat to wheat production in the region, as well as in other wheat production areas where Sr31 resistance is important. A rapid deployment of effective resistance genes to this race in breeding programs throughout Eastern Africa and Asia is needed to reduce this threat. References: (1) Z. A. Pretorius et al. Plant Dis. 84:203, 2000. (2) A. P. Roelfs and J. W. Martens. Phytopathology 78:526, 1988. (3) E. C. Stakman et al. U.S. Department of Agriculture. ARS E-617, 1962.


2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 1352-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayaveeramuthu Nirmala ◽  
Shiaoman Chao ◽  
Pablo Olivera ◽  
Ebrahiem M. Babiker ◽  
Bekele Abeyo ◽  
...  

Wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, can cause severe yield losses on susceptible wheat varieties and cultivars. Although stem rust can be controlled by the use of genetic resistance, population dynamics of P. graminis f. sp. tritici can frequently lead to defeat of wheat stem rust resistance genes. P. graminis f. sp. tritici race TKTTF caused a severe epidemic in Ethiopia on Ug99-resistant ‘Digalu’ in 2013 and 2014. The gene Sr11 confers resistance to race TKTTF and is present in ‘Gabo 56’. We identified seven single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers linked to Sr11 from a cross between Gabo 56 and ‘Chinese Spring’ exploiting a 90K Infinium iSelect Custom beadchip. Five SNP markers were validated on a ‘Berkut’/‘Scalavatis’ population that segregated for Sr11, using KBioscience competitive allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (KASP) assays. Two of the SNP markers, KASP_6BL_IWB10724 and KASP_6BL_IWB72471, were predictive of Sr11 among wheat genetic stocks, cultivars, and breeding lines from North America, Ethiopia, and Pakistan. These markers can be utilized to select for Sr11 in wheat breeding and to detect the presence of Sr11 in uncharacterized germplasm.


2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (12) ◽  
pp. 1496-1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meriem Aoun ◽  
James A. Kolmer ◽  
Matthew N. Rouse ◽  
Shiaoman Chao ◽  
Worku Denbel Bulbula ◽  
...  

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina, and stem rust, caused by P. graminis f. sp. tritici, are important diseases of durum wheat. This study determined the inheritance and genomic locations of leaf rust resistance (Lr) genes to P. triticina race BBBQJ and stem rust resistance (Sr) genes to P. graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK in durum accessions. Eight leaf-rust-resistant genotypes were used to develop biparental populations. Accessions PI 192051 and PI 534304 were also resistant to P. graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK. The resulting progenies were phenotyped for leaf rust and stem rust response at seedling stage. The Lr and Sr genes were mapped in five populations using single-nucleotide polymorphisms and bulked segregant analysis. Five leaf-rust-resistant genotypes carried single dominant Lr genes whereas, in the remaining accessions, there was deviation from the expected segregation ratio of a single dominant Lr gene. Seven genotypes carried Lr genes different from those previously characterized in durum. The single dominant Lr genes in PI 209274, PI 244061, PI387263, and PI 313096 were mapped to chromosome arms 6BS, 2BS, 6BL, and 6BS, respectively. The Sr gene in PI 534304 mapped to 6AL and is most likely Sr13, while the Sr gene in PI 192051 could be uncharacterized in durum.


Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumarse Nazari ◽  
Ezgi Kurtulus ◽  
Handan Kavaz ◽  
Omer M. Ozturk ◽  
Yesim Egerci ◽  
...  

Severe wheat stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers. f. sp. tritici Erikss. (Pgt) can result in complete crop failure. In recent years, the increasing frequency and the early onset of stem rust in Central West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) has become a big concern. The Sr24 resistance gene, one of the most effective stem rust resistance genes effective against most P. graminis f. sp. tritici races worldwide, has been widely deployed. Until the recent establishment of virulence to Sr24 within the Ug99 lineage of the pathogen in Africa (Hei et al. 2020; Jin et al. 2008; Patpour et al. 2015), Iraq (Nazari et al., 2021), occasional detections of races virulent to Sr24 were reported in South Africa (Le Roux and Rijkenberg 1987), India (Bhardwaj et al. 1990), Germany (Olivera Firpo et al. 2017), Georgia (Olivera, et al. 2019), and Western Siberia (Skolotneva et al., 2020). During the rust surveys conducted in Sinops, Samsun, and Kastomonu in the Black Sea region in northern Turkey in 2018, 19 isolates were collected. Single pustule (SP) isolates were developed and used in race analysis in the Biosafety Rust Laboratory, Regional Cereal Rust Research Center (RCRRC), Izmir, Turkey. Sample recovery, experimental procedures for pre-inoculation, inoculation, incubation, and race typing were conducted as previously described (Nazari et al. 2021). Among the tested SP isolates, two isolates showed a high infection type (IT) of 33+ on the Sr24 tester line (Little Club/Agent) and a low infection type of 11+ for the source of Sr31 (Benno/6*LMPG-6). Eight SP isolates were further developed from the high IT 33+ pustules collected from the Sr24 tester line. After spore multiplications, they were used in inoculation of the 20 North American stem rust single-gene lines used to differentiate races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici, plus Trident (Sr38+), Siouxland (Sr24+Sr31), and Sisson (Sr31+Sr36). Five SP-derived isolates with IT 33+ on the Sr24 single-gene line collected from Samsun (Alacam – Etyemez; Location: N 41.61889 E 35.55722) and Sinop (Merkez-Sanlıoglu; Location: N 41.85556 E 35.04889) were identified as race TKKTP and the remaining three SP isolates as race TKTTP. In 2020, we detected two isolates of TKKTP among the stem rust samples from Tunisia submitted to RCRRC. These two isolates were collected from bread wheat cultivars Heydna and Tahmet at a trial site near Bou Salem in Western Tunisia (Location: N 36.5351 E 8.95486). Based on the negative results of the Stage 1 test using a suite of four real-time polymerase chain reaction assays diagnostic for the Ug99 race group developed by Szabo (2012), these two races should not belong to the Ug99 race group when compared to the reference Ug99 race TTKTT from Kenya. These races were virulent to Sr5, Sr21, Sr9e, Sr7b, Sr6, Sr8a, Sr9g, Sr9b, Sr30, Sr17, Sr9a, Sr9d, Sr10, SrTmp, Sr24, Sr38, and SrMcN. In addition to these genes, race TKTTP was virulent to Sr36. Both races were avirulent to Sr11 and Sr31. To our knowledge, this is the first report of P. graminis f. sp. tritici races with the Sr24 virulence in Turkey and Tunisia. The results reflect an increasing trend of virulence to Sr24 in the pathogen populations, and raise a great concern given the deployment of the Sr24 resistance gene in widely grown wheat cultivars worldwide.


Plant Disease ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 91 (9) ◽  
pp. 1096-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Jin ◽  
R. P. Singh ◽  
R. W. Ward ◽  
R. Wanyera ◽  
M. Kinyua ◽  
...  

Stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, historically was one of the most destructive diseases of wheat and barley. The disease has been under effective control worldwide through the widespread use of host resistance. A number of stem rust resistance genes in wheat have been characterized for their reactions to specific races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici. Adult plant responses to race TTKS (also known as Ug99) of monogenic lines for Sr genes, a direct measurement of the effectiveness for a given gene, have not been investigated to any extent. This report summarizes adult plant infection responses and seedling infection types for monogenic lines of designated Sr genes challenged with race TTKS. High infection types at the seedling stage and susceptible infection responses in adult plants were observed on monogenic lines carrying Sr5, 6, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 9d, 9g, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 30, 31, 34, 38, and Wld-1. Monogenic lines of resistance genes Sr13, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, Tmp, and Tt-3 were effective against TTKS both at the seedling and adult plant stages. The low infection types to race TTKS observed for these resistance genes corresponded to the expected low infections of these genes to other incompatible races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici. The level of resistance conferred by these genes at the adult plant stage varied between highly resistant to moderately susceptible. The results from this study were inconclusive for determining the effectiveness of resistance genes Sr9e, 14, 21, and 29 against race TTKS. The understanding of the effectiveness of individual Sr genes against race TTKS will facilitate the utilization of these genes in breeding for stem rust resistance in wheat.


1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-284
Author(s):  
A. K. Sanghi ◽  
E. P. Baker

The single genes in the cultivars Morocco and Yalta conditioning resistance to stem rust culture 103-H-2, a somatic hybrid between wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) and rye stem rust (P. graminis secalis) which possesses unusual genes for avirulence on wheat, were each located by monosomic analysis on chromosome 3B. They were estimated to be approximately 9 map units apart.


Plant Disease ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 1939-1943
Author(s):  
Xian Xin Wu ◽  
Qiu Jun Lin ◽  
Xin Yu Ni ◽  
Qian Sun ◽  
Rong Zhen Chen ◽  
...  

Wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most serious fungal diseases in wheat production, seriously threatening the global supply of wheat and endangering food security. The present study was conducted to evaluate wheat monogenic lines with known Sr genes to the most prevalent P. graminis f. sp. tritici races in China. In addition, wheat lines introduced from the International Maize and Wheat improvement Center (CIMMYT) with resistance to the Ug99 race group were also evaluated with the prevalent Chinese P. graminis f. sp. tritici races. The monogenic lines containing Sr9e, Sr21, Sr26, Sr31, Sr33, Sr35, Sr37, Sr38, Sr47, and SrTt3 were effective against races 21C3CTTTM, 34C0MRGSM, and 34C3MTGQM at both seedling and adult-plant stages. In contrast, monogenic lines containing Sr6, Sr7b, Sr8a, Sr9a, Sr9b, Sr9d, Sr9f, Sr9g, Sr13, Sr16, Sr18, Sr19, Sr20, Sr24, Sr28, Sr29, and Sr34 were highly susceptible to these races at both seedling and adult-plant stages. Lines with Sr5, Sr10, Sr13, Sr14, Sr15, Sr17, Sr21, Sr22, Sr23, Sr25, Sr27, Sr29, Sr30, Sr32, Sr36, and Sr39 were resistant to one or more of the tested races. Among the 123 CIMMYT lines, 38 (30.9%) showed varying levels of susceptibility to Chinese P. graminis f. sp. tritici races. The results should be useful for breeding wheat cultivars with resistance to stem rust.


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