Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed., 2014, 50(3):201-207 | DOI: 10.17221/241/2013-CJGPB

Common bunt resistance of Czech and European winter wheat cultivars and breeder linesOriginal Paper

Veronika DUMALASOVÁ, Leona LEIŠOVÁ-SVOBODOVÁ, Pavel BARTOŠ

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Methods, Crop Research Institute, Prague-Ruzyně, Czech Republic

Winter wheat cultivars recently registered in the Czech Republic were tested in three-year field tests for resistance to common bunt. Seeds were inoculated with a mixture of local strains of Tilletia tritici and T. laevis. None of the cultivars displayed a higher level of resistance compared with the resistant checks. The mean percentage of bunted ears in the three test series including checks was 39%. Mean bunt infection in resistant and susceptible checks was 2% and 63%, respectively. In the European Tilletia cooperative test performed in Prague-Ruzyně, thirty-five winter wheat cultivars from six countries were tested during 2007-2013. The cultivars Bill, Nadro, Quebon, Samurai, Stava and Tommi exhibited infection levels below 10% in the respective years of the test. Additionally, 75 breeding lines from six countries were tested. Infection levels below 1% were recorded in 56% of the lines and 1-10% levels in 19% of the lines. A close relationship between the resistant cvs. Tommi and Globus was confirmed using SSR allelic markers.

Keywords: Bt genes; SSRs; Tilletia tritici; Tilletia laevis

Published: September 30, 2014  Show citation