INHERITANCE OF THATCHER-TYPE RESISTANCE TO COMMON ROOT ROT IN SPRING WHEAT

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Abstract
Inheritance of reaction to common root rot, caused chiefly by Cochliobolus sativus, was studied in F3 populations of wheat, Triticum aestivum, from crosses between the root-rot-resistant, hollow-stemmed varieties, Thatcher and Pembina, and the moderately root-rot-susceptible, solid-stemmed variety, CT 733. The results indicated that the resistance of Thatcher and Pembina, which appear to have the same gene complement, is controlled by a major recessive gene and one or two minor genes.No association was found between inheritance of root-rot reaction and the inheritance of stem solidness which determines resistance to the wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus). Therefore, there should be no difficulty in incorporating root-rot resistance into sawfly-resistant varieties.