Resurrection of Wheat Cultivar PBW343 Using Marker-Assisted Gene Pyramiding for Rust Resistance

Resurrection of Wheat Cultivar PBW343 Using Marker-Assisted Gene Pyramiding for Rust Resistance

Wheat variety PBW343, released in India in 1995, became the most widely grown cultivar in the country by the year 2000 owing to its wide adaptability and yield potential. It initially succumbed to leaf rust, and resistance genes Lr24 and Lr28 were transferred to PBW343. After an unbroken reign of ab...

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Main Authors: Achla Sharma, Puja Srivastava, G. S. Mavi, Satinder Kaur, Jaspal Kaur, Ritu Bala, Tarvinder Pal Singh, V. S. Sohu, Parveen Chhuneja, Navtej S. Bains, G. P. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
wheat breeding
PBW343
leaf rust
stripe rust
gene pyramiding
marker assisted selection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.570408/full

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