Identification and validation of single nucleotide polymorphic markers linked to Ug99 stem rust resistance in spring wheat.

Wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Eriks. and E. Henn.) is one of the most destructive diseases world-wide. Races belonging to Ug99 (or TTKSK) continue to cause crop losses in East Africa and threaten global wheat production. Developing and deploying wheat varieties with multiple race...

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Main Authors: Long-Xi Yu, Shiaoman Chao, Ravi P Singh, Mark E Sorrells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5328255?pdf=render