Changes in resistance to powdery mildew in a barley composite cross

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 916-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Reinhold ◽  
M. E. Bjarko ◽  
D. C. Sands ◽  
H. E. Bockelman

The response of barley composite cross XLII to selection for resistance to powdery mildew was evaluated. Representative samples from eight cycles of recurrent selection were inoculated with two isolates of Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei. Frequencies of resistant plants were determined for each cycle. The resistance in composite cross XLII increased with selection. Increased selection pressure in 1986 resulted in a more rapid increase in resistance than in previous years. Multiple alleles occurring in the Ml-a locus did not seem to have a negative effect on the accumulation of resistance in composite cross XLII. Key words: Hordeum vulgare, barley, Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei, powdery mildew, response to selection, recurrent selection.

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 1079-1081
Author(s):  
K. M. Ho ◽  
W. L. Seaman ◽  
T. M. Choo ◽  
R. A. Martin

AC Stephen is a six-rowed spring feed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar developed by the Eastern Canada Barley Breeding Group, Agriculture Canada, and is adapted to Eastern Canada. It was selected from an OAC Kippen/Léger cross. AC Stephen has high yield, good test weight and is resistant to powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis DC. ex Merat. f. sp. hordei Em. Marchal). Key words: Hordeum vulgare L., six-rowed barley, feed barley, high yield, powdery mildew


Crop Science ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1351-1357 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Abdalla ◽  
W. R. Coffman ◽  
M. E. Sorrells ◽  
G. C. Bergstrom

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Richard Culvenor ◽  
Suzanne Boschma ◽  
Kevin Reed

Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica L.) is a perennial grass of Mediterranean origin used widely by the sheep and cattle industries of south-eastern Australia. Winter-active cultivars released since the 1970's have the potential for higher herbage productivity than the earlier, semi-winter dormant cultivars but have been reported to be less persistent under sub-optimal grazing management and soil conditions. To improve genetic potential for persistence in winter-active phalaris, a program of recurrent selection was conducted by subjecting three populations of half-sib families to two cycles of selection for persistence under heavy, largely continuous grazing pressure. Cycle 2 progeny families and bulked seedlots of each generation were grown in separate grazed plot trials in Western Victoria and the Southern Tablelands and North-West Slopes of New South Wales from 1999-2003 to assess response to selection. Positive linear response to selection was observed in all populations at the Western Victorian and Southern Tablelands sites. Response to selection was absent and persistence was very low under higher temperature and drought stress on the North-West Slopes. This high level of genotype × environment interaction for persistence was also observed among final generation families. Families with better persistence than current winteractive cultivars at the two southern sites were identified in each population and a new cultivar is being formed from the parents.


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