Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural UniversityLudhiana 141004.
* Present address: Biotechnology Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004.
One hundred genetic stocks of breadwheat were screened for seedling resistance to four widely prevalent pathotypes of leaf rust in India. Twelve of these stocks mayserve as good source of resistance to these pathogens.
Leaf rust, pathotype, sources of resistance, wheat