BREEDING FOR FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT RESISTANCE IN SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT

Fusarium graminearum, the causative agent of Fusarium head blight, is an economically important pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Breeding Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistant wheat requires knowledge of the underlying genetic control of FHB resistance. Genetic parameters for FHB resistance and...

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Main Author: Verges, Virginia Laura
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2004
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/234
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1236&context=gradschool_theses