Biology and Earth Science Faculty Scholarship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-28-2007
Publication Title
Genetics and Resistance
Publisher
The American Phytopathological Society
Keywords
Triticum aestivum.
Abstract
Durability of partially resistant wheat cultivars to wheat leaf rust depends on the amount of genetic variation in parasitic fitness within populations of the pathogen Puccinia triticina. To assess the durability of partial resistance, selection experiments were used to explore quantitative variation in parasitic fitness of P. triticina. Fungal populations 881-WT and 882-WT were selected for shortened latent period on partially resistant cvs. CI 13277 and Sw 72469-6 for multiple generations. Fitness components were measured for wild-type and selected fungal populations. Responses to selection and selection differentials were calculated, and broad-sense, realized heritabilities for latent period were estimated for wild-type fungal populations on CI 13227 and on Sw 72469-6. Selected populations had fitness characteristics, not limited to latent period, that could provide greater fitness in nature. Generally, more cycles of selection had greater effects on fitness. In particular cases, selected populations on a partially resistant cultivar had values for latent period, uredinium area, and sporulation no different from those of a susceptible host–pathogen combination. Heritabilities of latent period of populations 881-WT and 882-WT on CI 13227 or populations 881-WT and 882-WT on Sw 72469-6 ranged from 0.65 to 0.76 and 0.17 to 0.24, respectively. Our results suggest the variation to overcome quantitative host resistance exists in extant populations of P. triticina. In addition, because more of the variation in latent period for populations of P. triticina on CI 13227 was genetic than for populations on Sw 72469-6, CI 13227 is likely to be more vulnerable to pathogen adaptation despite its exceptionally long latent period.
First Page
1022
Last Page
1029
Volume
97
Repository Citation
Lehman, Jeffrey, "Heritability of Latent Period Estimated from Wild-Type and Selected Populations of Puccinia triticina" (2007). Biology and Earth Science Faculty Scholarship. 17.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/bio_fac/17
Original Citation
Lehman, J. S., & Shaner, G. (2007). Heritability of Latent Period Estimated from Wild-Type and Selected Populations of Puccinia triticina. Phytopathology, 97(8), 1022-1029. doi:10.1094/phyto-97-8-1022
DOI
10.1094/phyto-97-8-1022
Version
Publisher's Version
Peer Reviewed
1
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