Emergence and spread of new races of wheat stem rust fungus: continued threat to food security and prospects of genetic control

RP Singh, DP Hodson, Y Jin, ES Lagudah… - …, 2015 - Am Phytopath Society
Race Ug99 (TTKSK) of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, detected in Uganda in 1998, has been
recognized as a serious threat to food security because it possesses combined virulence to …

Disease impact on wheat yield potential and prospects of genetic control

RP Singh, PK Singh, J Rutkoski… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Wheat is grown worldwide in diverse geographical regions, environments, and production
systems. Although many diseases and pests are known to reduce grain yield potential and …

Global status of stripe rust: a review of historical and current threats

CR Wellings - Euphytica, 2011 - Springer
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis, has been an important disease of wheat, barley,
rye, triticale and certain graminaceous hosts for centuries. The significance of the disease on …

Global status of wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina

J Huerta-Espino, RP Singh, S German, BD McCallum… - Euphytica, 2011 - Springer
Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina is the most common and widely distributed of the three
wheat rusts. Losses from leaf rust are usually less damaging than those from stem rust and …

Diversity of Puccinia striiformis on Cereals and Grasses

MS Hovmøller, CK Sørensen, S Walter… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Yellow (stripe) rust is a common fungal disease on cereals and grasses. It is caused by
Puccinia striiformis sensu lato, which is biotrophic and heteroecious. The pathogen is …

The importance for food security of maintaining rust resistance in wheat

MS Chaves, JA Martinelli, C Wesp-Guterres… - Food security, 2013 - Springer
Wheat is one of the main sources of calories and protein of the world's population and
therefore the pathogens that cause rust diseases of the crop are a real threat to food …

Genetic analysis of rust resistance genes in global wheat cultivars: an overview

MD Aktar-Uz-Zaman, MST Tuhina-Khatun… - Biotechnology & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Rust is the most devastating fungal disease in wheat. Three rust diseases, namely, leaf or
brown rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks, stem or black rust caused by Puccinia graminis …

[HTML][HTML] Resurrection of wheat cultivar PBW343 using marker-assisted gene pyramiding for rust resistance

A Sharma, P Srivastava, GS Mavi, S Kaur… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wheat variety PBW343, released in India in 1995, became the most widely grown cultivar in
the country by the year 2000 owing to its wide adaptability and yield potential. It initially …

Identification of adult plant resistance to stripe rust in the wheat cultivar Cappelle-Desprez

GM Agenbag, ZA Pretorius, LA Boyd… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2012 - Springer
Following the appearance of stripe rust in South Africa in 1996, efforts have been made to
identify new sources of durable resistance. The French cultivar Cappelle-Desprez has long …

Molecular breeding technologies and strategies for rust resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum) for sustained food security

S Savadi, P Prasad, PL Kashyap… - Plant pathology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat is an important cereal food crop providing key nutrients to humankind. Rusts are the
most destructive pathogens of cereal crops, with the exception of rice, across the world and …