Recent Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Rust-Resistant Wheat
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 557
Special Issue Editors
Interests: incorporating genetic diversity for crop plants improvement; introduction of agrobiodiversity into cropping systems; better understanding of structure, function and evolution of crop plant genomes; application of plant biotechnology methods for plant breeding purposes
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Interests: wheat;genetics;genomics;gene cloning
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Dear Colleagues,
Rusts of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), caused by Puccinia sp., are found nearly everywhere wheat is grown, and is the most regularly occurring of the three rusts found on wheat. The wheat rust fungi are adapted to a range of different climates, and the disease can be found in diverse wheat-growing areas throughout the world. Wheat cultivars that are susceptible to rusts regularly suffer yield reductions, depending on the rust and host species and the stage of crop development when the initial rust infections occur.
Genetic resistance is the most economical and preferable method of reducing yield losses due to rusts. It can be most fully utilized by knowledge of the identity of resistance genes in commonly used parental germplasm and released cultivars. Identification of the rust-resistance genes allows for efficient incorporation of different genes into germplasm pools, thus helping to avoid the release of cultivars that are genetically uniform.
In this Special Issue, we wish to update and review various aspects of genetics of rust resistance in wheat and attempt to relate this genetic information with the effectiveness and longevity of resistance.
Prof. Dr. Michał Kwiatek
Prof. Dr. Jizeng Jia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Leaf rust
- Yellow rust
- Stem rust
- Wheat
- Genetic engineering
- Wheat-related species
- New plant-breeding techniques
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