Inheritance of resistance for Chinese wheat stripe rust races in a new common wheat variety Chuanmai 42 derived from synthetics between Triticum durum×Aegilops tauschii
Abstract:Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (PST), is one of the most devastating diseases of common wheat, Triticum aestivum L., in China. Chuanmai 42, a new wheat variety derived from synthetics between Triticum durum and Aegilops tauschii, was highly resistant to Chinese newly predominant races of Chinese Yellow Race (CYR32) at adult stage. To determine the inheritance of resistance in Chuanmai 42, it was crossed and backcrossed with the susceptible Sichuan varieties of common wheat Mianyang 26 (MY26) and Mianyang 335 (MY335) for preparing the F2 and BC1 populations. A total of 208 and 337 F2 plants of Chuanmai 42×MY26, Chuanmai 42×MY335, and 171 and 216 BC1 plants of Chuanmai 42/MY26//MY26, Chuanmai 42/MY335//MY335, respectively, were used for resistance analyses. All of F1 hybrids of such crosses were immune or highly resistant and F2, BC1 population displayed the segregation into resistance and susceptible while inoculated with CYR32 (Chinese stripe rust race) in the adult plant stage. The chi-square test confirmed that the frequencies of resistance versus susceptible individuals were in accordance with the 3R ∶ 1S and 1R ∶ 1S ratio in F2 population and BC1 populations, respectively. The results indicated that the resistance of Chuanmai 42 to CYR32 is controlled by a single dominant gene.