Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. The production and productivity
of wheat is adversely affected by several diseases including leaf rust, which can cause yield …

Wild Aegilops species related to cultivated wheat (Triticum spp.) possess numerous genes
of agronomic interest and can be valuable sources of resistance to diseases, pests and …

The introgression of chromosome segments from wild relatives is an established strategy to
enrich crop germplasm with disease-resistance genes. Here we use mutagenesis and …

The use of molecular markers for pyramiding resistance genes in grapevine breeding Page 1
Vitis 46 (2), 120–124 (2007) The use of molecular markers for pyramiding resistance genes in …

A leaf rust resistance gene Lr19 on the chromosome 7DL of wheat derived from Agropyron
elongatum was tagged with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and microsatellite …

Rust is the most devastating fungal disease in wheat. Three rust diseases, namely, leaf or
brown rust caused by Puccinia triticina Eriks, stem or black rust caused by Puccinia graminis …

Molecular markers and genetic maps are available for most important food crops. Marker‐
trait associations have been established for a diverse array of traits in these crops, and …

Wheat accounts for 19% of the total production of major cereal crops in the world. In view of
ever increasing population and demand for global food production, there is an imperative …

The main growing regions for winter wheat in the Russian Federation are the North
Caucasian, Central Black Earth, and Central agroecological regions. Spring wheat crops …

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) contributes substantially to global food and nutritional
security. Thus, an important goal of wheat breeding is to develop high-yielding varieties with …