Canada Partnering Award in support of wheat pre-breeding strategies for disease control
Lead Research Organisation:
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Department Name: Genetics and Breeding
Abstract
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| Description | We have found resistance to multipl fungal diseases in the Brazilian wheat cultivar Toropi, including resistance to stripe, leaf and stem rust and Fusarium Head blight. What is a surprise is that the many of the resistances identified appear to locate to the same region on the hexaploid wheat genome. |
| Exploitation Route | A new programme of interations and a project extension have been agreed with the funder. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| Description | The genetic analysis and identification of the genetic regions contributing to resistance in var Toropi to multiple diseases, including stripe, leaf and stem rust and Fusarium Head Blight has enabled these sources of resistance being incorporated into the spring wheat breeding programme at Cerom, Quebec, Canada. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | Identification of multiple disease resistance in the wheat cv. Toropi |
| Organisation | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Camila Zanella in my research group has analysed the data generated on a Toropi_6.4 x Thatcher wheat mapping population - SNP marker data against leaf and stripe rust phenotypic data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AAFC screened our Toropi genotype along with Toropi_6.4 with the 90K iSelect wheat SNP array. They hosted Dr Camila Zanella for 3 weeks providing her with training in the interpretation and analysis of the 90K ANP data. |
| Impact | Manuscripts published on yellow and leaf rust resistance. Collaboration expanded to include Silvia Rosa, Cerom, Quebec, Canada. |
| Start Year | 2017 |