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 …

Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by P uccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (P st), is a serious disease of
wheat occurring in most wheat areas with cool and moist weather conditions during the …

The growing human population will require a significant increase in agricultural production.
This challenge is made more difficult by the fact that changes in the climatic and …

Stripe rust is best controlled by utilizing genetic resistance. Resistance to stripe rust has
been studied for more than a century, but most progresses have been made during the last …

The powdery mildew resistance gene Pm8 derived from rye is located on a 1 BL. 1 RS
chromosome translocation in wheat. However, some wheat lines with this translocation do …

Genetically-controlled plant resistance can reduce the damage caused by pathogens.
However, pathogens have the ability to evolve and overcome such resistance. This often …

Once deployed uniformly in the field, genetically controlled plant resistance is often quickly
overcome by pathogens, resulting in dramatic losses. Several strategies have been …

Wheat accounts for 19% of the total production of major cereal crops in the world. In view of
ever increasing population and demand for global food production, there is an imperative …

Among several important wheat foliar diseases, Stripe rust (YR), Leaf rust (LR), and Stem
rust (SR) have always been an issue of concern to the farmers and wheat breeders …

Yellow rust (YR) or stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striformis f. sp tritici Eriks (Pst), is a major
challenge to resistance breeding in wheat. A genome wide association study (GWAS) was …