CONSISTENCY OF REACTION IN WHEAT LINES TO COMMON ROOT ROT

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Abstract
Field trials distributed throughout the Prairie Provinces in western Canada indicate that any location is suitable for the selection of wheats for resistance to common root rot caused by Cochliobolus sativus, providing the level of infection is sufficiently high. Wheat lines originally selected for resistance were consistently resistant in field tests at all locations. Three of four lines were significantly more resistant than Thatcher, one of the most resistant of the commercial varieties. A high consistency in the reaction of lines selected for susceptibility also was evident in the tests. A significant interaction in the analysis of variance found between wheat lines and locations might be interpreted as indicating the occurrence of differentially pathogenic races of the fungus. Other explanations, however, are offered for this interaction effect.

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