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GrainGenes Reference Report: TAG-91-862

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Reference	TAG-91-862
Title	Genetic variation for foot-rot and Fusarium head-blight resistances among full-sib families of a self-incompatible winter rye (Secale cereale L.) population
Journal	Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Year	1995
Volume	91
Pages	862-868
Author	Miedaner T Fromme F Geiger H
Abstract	The amount of genetic variation for resistance to foot rot caused by Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides, Fusarium spp., and Microdochium nivale and for resistance to head blight caused by Fusarium culmorum are important parameters when estimating selection gain from recurrent selection in winter rye One-hundred and eighty-six full-sib families of the self-incompatible population variety Halo, representing the Petkus gene pool, were tested for foot-rot resistance at five German location-year combinations (environments) and for head-blight resistance in three environments with artificial inoculation in all but one environment Foot-rot rating was based on 25 stems per plot scored individually on a 1-9 scale Head-blight resistance was plotwise scored on a 1-9 scale and, additionally, grain-weight per spike was measured relative to the non-inoculated control plots Significant estimates of genotypic variance and medium-sized heritabilities (h2 = 0.51-0.69) were observed in the combined analyses for all resistance traits. In four out of five environments the amount of genetic variance was substantially smaller for foot-rot than for head-blight rating. Considerable environmental effects and significant genotype-environment interactions were found for both foot-rot and head-blight resistance. Coefficients of error-corrected correlation among environments were considerably closer than phenotypic correlations. No significant association was found between the resistances to both diseases (r = - 0.20 to 0.17). In conclusion, intra-population improvement by recurrent selection should lead to substantial higher foot-rot and head-blight resistances due to significant quantitative genetic. variation within Halo. Selection should be carried out in several environments. Lack of correlation between foot-rot and head-blight resistance requires separate infection tests for improving both resistances.
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