Mining the Aegilops tauschii gene pool: evaluation, introgression and molecular characterization of adult plant resistance to leaf rust and seedling resistance to tan spot in synthetic hexaploid wheat
Doctor of Philosophy === Genetics Interdepartmental Program === Bikram S. Gill === Leaf rust, caused by fungus Puccinia triticina, is an important foliar disease of wheat worldwide. Breeding for race-nonspecific resistant cultivars is the best strategy to combat this disease. Aegilops tauschii, D ge...
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Kansas State University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18934 |