The inheritance of resistance to head blight caused by Fusarium culmorum in winter wheat (original) (raw)
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Crosses were made among ten winter wheat genotypes representing different levels of resistance to Fusarium head blight to obtain F1 and F2 generations. Parents, F1 and F2 were inoculated with one strain of Fusarium culmorum. Data on incidence of head blight 21 days after first inoculation were analyzed. Broad-sense heritabilities averaged 0.39 and ranged from 0.05 to 0.89 in the individual F2 families. The joint-scaling test indicated that the inheritance of Fusarium head blight resistance was adequately described by the additive-dominance model, with additive gene action being the most important factor of resistance. With respect to the non-additive effects, dominance of resistance predominated over recessiveness. The number of segregating genes governing resistance in the studied populations was estimated to vary between one and six. It was demonstrated that resistance genes differed between parents and affected resistance differently.
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C.H.A. Snijders
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Snijders, C. The inheritance of resistance to head blight caused by Fusarium culmorum in winter wheat.Euphytica 50, 11–18 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023155
- Received: 13 March 1990
- Accepted: 27 March 1990
- Issue date: October 1990
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023155