1Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal-132 001, Haryana
2Directorate of Wheat Research, Shimla-171 002, Himachal Pradesh
3Agricultural Research Station, Rajasthan Agricultural University, Durgapura-302 018, Rajasthan
4Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab
5CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Dhaulakuan-173 001, Himachal Pradesh
6CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Bajaura-175 125, Himachal Pradesh
7CCS Hisar Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, Haryana
8Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora-263 601, Uttarakhand
*Author for Correspondence: E-mail: rselvakumar.dwr@icar.org.in
Online published on 12 August, 2013.
One hundred and twenty seven genotypes of barley from the various centres of the All India Coordinated Wheat & Barley Improvement Project (AICW&BIP) were evaluated by artificial inoculation in the field for two consecutive years (2009–10 and 2010–11) to identify new sources of resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei). The same set of genotypes was also evaluated against five individual races, 24, 57, G, Q and M at the seedling stage during 2009–11 in the greenhouse under controlled conditions. Based on both seedling and adult plant evaluation 10 genotypes (BHS392, DWR88, JB187, JB206, PL844, RD2786, RD2787, RD2803, RD2804 and VLB119) were found resistant across the five races of yellow rust in India. These new sources of resistance to multiple races of yellow rust would be useful in resistance breeding programme in India.
Barley, Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei, Resistance, Yellow rust races
