A growing world population and an increasing demand for greater food production requires
that crop losses caused by pests and diseases are dramatically reduced. Concurrently …

Leaf rust (also called brown rust) in wheat, caused by fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina
Erikss.(Pt) is one of the major constraints in wheat production worldwide. Pt is widespread …

Conventional chemical crop protection with pesticides is increasingly seen as being critical,
because of pesticide residues in food and the environment. Integrated alternative …

Pasmo is one of the most widespread diseases threatening flax production. To identify
genetic regions associated with pasmo resistance (PR), a genome-wide association study …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) diseases are major factors responsible for substantial yield
losses worldwide, which affect global food security. For a long time, plant breeders have …

Abstract Background Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are tandem repeats of DNA that
have been used to develop robust genetic markers. These molecular markers are powerful …

Numerous stripe rust resistance genes have been identified from wheat, and new virulent
races of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici have also emerged in recent years. Deployment of …

Abstract Background Leaf rust (Puccinia triticina Eriks.) is one of the most dangerous
diseases of common wheat worldwide. Three approaches: genome-wide association study …

Determining the genetic diversity and population structure of the modern hexaploid wheat
varieties currently grown in Bulgaria is fundamental for selection of genotypes with desirable …

A change in agricultural policy in the European Union aims, among other things, to halve the
use of pesticides and increase the share of organic farming to 25% by 2030. One of the …