Characterization of Mediterranean Durum Wheat for Resistance to Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

Tan spot (TS), caused by the fugus ( ), has gained significant importance in the last few years, thereby representing a threat to wheat production in all major wheat-growing regions, including Tunisia. In this context, we evaluated a Mediterranean collection of 549 durum wheat accessions under field...

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Published inGenes Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 336
Main Authors Laribi, Marwa, Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine, Abdedayem, Wided, Kouki, Hajer, Sassi, Khaled, Ben M'Barek, Sarrah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 11.02.2022
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Summary:Tan spot (TS), caused by the fugus ( ), has gained significant importance in the last few years, thereby representing a threat to wheat production in all major wheat-growing regions, including Tunisia. In this context, we evaluated a Mediterranean collection of 549 durum wheat accessions under field conditions for resistance to over two cropping seasons in Jendouba (Tunisia), a hot spot for . The relative disease severities showed significant phenotypic variation from resistance to susceptibility. The correlation between disease scores over the two trials was significant, as 50% of the accessions maintained good levels of resistance (resistant-moderately resistant). Seedling and adult-stage reactions were significantly correlated. The ANOVA analysis revealed that the genotype term is highly significant at the adult stage, thus emphasizing the high genetic variability of the tested accessions. Reaction-type comparison among and between countries revealed a high diversity of TS resistance. Plant height (PH) was negatively correlated to disease scores, indicating that PH might either have a significant effect on TS severity or that it can be a potential disease escape trait. The evaluation of this collection allowed for the identification of potential diverse resistance sources to that can be incorporated in breeding programs.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2073-4425
2073-4425
DOI:10.3390/genes13020336