Prospects of employing modern European cultivars of spring bread wheat in the breeding for powdery mildew resistance in the Northwestern region of Russia
Background. Powdery mildew of bread wheat caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis (DC.) E.O. Speer f. sp. tritici Em. Marchal is a widespread foliar disease of wheat in regions with cool and wet climate. It infects the foliage, stem and spike of the wheat host and causes yield reduction. Breeding for...
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N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
2020-01-01
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Series: | Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции |
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Online Access: | https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/472 |