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GrainGenes Reference Report: PDS-80-500

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Reference	PDS-80-500
Title	Quantitative genetic basis of aggressiveness of 42 isolates of Fusarium culmorum for winter rye head blight
Journal	Plant Disease
Year	1996
Volume	80
Pages	500-504
Author	Miedaner T Gang G Geiger H
Abstract	Forty-two isolates of Fusarium culmorum obtained from diseased plant parts collected from fields in nine European countries and Australia were tested on a synthetic winter rye population A spore suspension of each isolate was sprayed during midanthesis in five environments (location-year combinations) onto the heads All isolates were pathogenic as judged by head blight rating scored on a 1 to 9 scale and grain weight relative to the noninoculated control Isolates differed, however, in their ability to cause disease (aggressiveness). Quantitative genotypic variation for aggressiveness occurred, while isolate-environment interaction variance, although significant, accounted for only 14% of total variance averaged over both traits. Correlations for aggressiveness across environments ranged from 0.6 to 0.8 (P = 0.01). Estimates of heritability on an entry-mean basis were high (h2 = 0.9) for both traits, indicating that a substantial proportion of the phenotypic variation was caused by genetic effects. It is concluded that aggressiveness of F. culmorum is inherited as a complex trait.
Keyword	blight [ Show all 10 ]

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