Abstract
Measuring disease resistance accurately and reproducibly is a key requirement for the introgression of partial resistance genes into breeding lines. Here, a qPCR protocol is used to measure fungal biomass, using the wheat-Stagonospora nodorum pathosystem as a model. Seven cultivars of differing reported resistance levels were used. Fungal biomass taken at 220°C thermal days after inoculation accurately predicts the final grain weight loss. It is concluded that a test based on qPCR methods is specific, quantitative, rapid and objective. Such tests could provide useful and economic tools in the development of robustly resistant crop cultivars.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 527-532 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Plant Pathology |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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