Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. The production and productivity
of wheat is adversely affected by several diseases including leaf rust, which can cause yield …

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 …

In common wheat, genes/QTL for a number of traits including grain quality and resistance
against all the three rusts were pyramided in the background of an erstwhile elite Indian …

Pigeonpea is one of the important pulse crops grown in many states of India and plays a
major role in sustainable food and nutritional security for the smallholder farmers. In order to …

Wheat Initiative aims to encourage and support the development of a vibrant global wheat
public-private research community sharing resources, capabilities, data and ideas to …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are becoming the most amenable form of DNA-
based molecular markers for genetic analysis. In hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum …

The world population is increasing day by day along with a decrease in total cultivated area.
Climatic change and evolution of new pest and disease biotypes have also raised serious …

Soybean rust, caused by the biotrophic pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a highly
destructive disease causing substantial yield losses in many soybean producing regions …

Leaf, stem and stripe rust diseases seriously threaten wheat production worldwide. The
obligate biotrophic rust pathogens are highly capable of producing new virulent races that …

Among wheat diseases, leaf (brown) rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks. causes more
damage to the crop than any other rust. The pathogen is very dynamic and renders rust …