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ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FHB-RESISTANT SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES

Objective

Identify new sources of resistance through extensive screening of adapted and exotic breeding lines and cultivars. Incorporate resistance through recurrent family and simple mass selection in populations, which are segregating for the Sumai 3 FHB resistance and other quantitative sources for resistance. Advance resistant plant and families into the variety development. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Sumai 3 molecular markers in heterogeneous populations. Screen diverse lines, cultivars, and populations for genetic variation in DON content.

Investigators
Simmons M W
Institution
University of Kentucky
Start date
2004
End date
2009
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
0500-00053-002-11G
Accession number
408358
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