Host range expansion of wheat stem rust resistance genes into barley

• Main Authors: Md Hatta, Muhammad Asyraf, Johnson, Ryan, Matny, Oadi, Smedley, Mark A., Yu, Guotai, Chakraborty, Soma, Bhatt, Dhara, Xia, Xiaodi, Arora, Sanu, Steuernagel, Burkhard, Richardson, Terese, Mago, Rohit, Lagudah, Evans S., Patron, Nicola, Ayliffe, Mick, Rouse, Matthew N., Harwood, Wendy A., Periyannan, Sambasivam K., Steffenson, Brian J., Wulff, Brande B. H.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77337/1/8TH%20IAC%20%E2%80%93%206TH%20ISFA%202018-21.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77337/

In the last 20 years, stem rust caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), has re-emerged as a major threat to wheat and barley cultivation in Africa and Europe. In contrast to wheat with 82 designated stem rust (Sr) resistance genes, barley’s genetic variation for stem rust resist...