Introgression of chromosome 3Ns from Psathyrostachys huashanica into wheat specifying resistance to stripe rust.

Wheat stripe rust is a destructive disease in the cool and humid wheat-growing areas of the world. Finding diverse sources of stripe rust resistance is critical for increasing genetic diversity of resistance for wheat breeding programs. Stripe rust resistance was identified in the alien species Psat...

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Main Authors: Houyang Kang, Yi Wang, George Fedak, Wenguang Cao, Haiqin Zhang, Xing Fan, Lina Sha, Lili Xu, Youliang Zheng, Yonghong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132739?pdf=render