Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important food crops with an urgent need for
increase in its production to feed the growing world. Triticum timopheevii (2n= 4x= 28) is an …

Key message A novel leaf rust resistance gene, LrM, introgressed from Aegilops markgrafii
and mapped on chromosome 2AS using SSR-and SNP-based PCR markers will aid in …

Triticum timopheevii (2 n= 28, A t A t GG) is a tetraploid wild relative species with great
potential to increase the genetic diversity of hexaploid wheat Triticum aestivum (2 n= 42 …

The mega wheat variety HD2967 was improved for leaf and stripe rust resistance by marker-
assisted backcross breeding. After its release in 2011, HD2967 became susceptible to stripe …

This review is devoted to the introgressive hybridization of common wheat, the process of
integrating the genes of other cultivated or wild species from the secondary and tertiary gene …

Wheat leaf rust (also known as brown rust), caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina
Erikss.(Pt), is one by far the most troublesome wheat disease worldwide. The exploitation of …

Abstract Triticum militinae (2n= 4X= 28, AtAtGG), belonging to the secondary gene pool of
wheat, is known to carry resistance to many diseases. Though some disease resistance …

Abstract TSD276-2, a wheat genetic stock derived from the cross Agra Local/T. spelta 276
showed broad spectrum resistance against leaf rust pathogen. Genetic analysis was …

Thinopyrum species are potential sources of disease resistance for wheat. Thinopyrum
bessarabicum is a well-known source of salt tolerance, but there are very few reports of rust …

In this chapter, the taxonomical complexities of the genus Triticum are presented. Following
the biological concept of species, the genus contains six species, two diploids, two …