Nearly all barley cultivars (including the most popular ones) in western Canada have poorer resistance than the moderately resistant checks. The current proposal targets all three aforementioned diseases of wheat and barley for characterization of the pathogen populations as well as identification of novel sources of resistance. The ultimate goal of the proposal is to generate information for wheat geneticists and breeders in western Canada, which will help them breed for resistance.
Read MoreFusarium head blight (FHB) and stripe rust are two of the five priority diseases of wheat in Canada. This project focuses on genetic mapping of novel major-effect resistance genes to FHB and stripe rust. This research builds on Dr. Brar’s previous work on screening and identifying the resistant lines from 321 Watkins landraces for FHB and stripe rust resistance.
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