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Potential for re-emergence of wheat stem rust in the United Kingdom

Potential for re-emergence of wheat stem rust in the United Kingdom

Authors :
Daniel P. Bebber
Zacharias A. Pretorius
Javed Iqbal Mirza
David Hodson
Jane Thomas
Ali S. Omrani
Brande B. H. Wulff
Paul Fenwick
Sophie A. Harrington
Jens Maintz
Pilar Corredor-Moreno
Alena Hanzalová
Brian J. Steffenson
Silvia Germán
Rose N. Kigathi
Julio Huerta-Espino
Diane G. O. Saunders
Anna Berlin
Rients E. Niks
Vanessa Bueno-Sancho
Richard García
Antoine Persoons
Clare M. Lewis
M. Patpour
Ngonidzashe Kangara
Muhammed Imtiaz
Ravi P. Singh
Annemarie Fejer Justesen
R. Roohparvar
B. Visser
Hanan Sela
Mogens S. Hovmøller
Kim Findlay
Source :
Lewis, C M, Persoons, A, Bebber, D P, Kigathi, R N, Findlay, K, Bueno-Sancho, V, Corredor-Moreno, P, Harrington, S A, Kangara, N, Berlin, A, Garcia, R, Germán, S E, Hanzalová, A, Hodson, D P, Hovmøller, M S, Huerta-Espino, J, Imtiaz, M, Mirza, J I, Justesen, A F, Niks, R E, Omrani, A, Patpour, M, Pretorius, Z A, Roohparvar, R, Sela, H, Singh, R P, Steffenson, B, Visser, B, Fenwick, P M, Thomas, J, Wulff, B B H & Saunders, D G O 2018, ' Potential for re-emergence of wheat stem rust in the United Kingdom ', Communications Biology, vol. 1, 13 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0013-y, Ainfo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, instacron:Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Communications Biology 1 (2018) 1, Communications Biology, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018), Communications Biology, Communications Biology, 1(1)
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Wheat stem rust, a devastating disease of wheat and barley caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, was largely eradicated in Western Europe during the mid-to-late twentieth century. However, isolated outbreaks have occurred in recent years. Here we investigate whether a lack of resistance in modern European varieties, increased presence of its alternate host barberry and changes in climatic conditions could be facilitating its resurgence. We report the first wheat stem rust occurrence in the United Kingdom in nearly 60 years, with only 20% of UK wheat varieties resistant to this strain. Climate changes over the past 25 years also suggest increasingly conducive conditions for infection. Furthermore, we document the first occurrence in decades of P. graminis on barberry in the UK . Our data illustrate that wheat stem rust does occur in the UK and, when climatic conditions are conducive, could severely harm wheat and barley production. Clare Lewis et al. report the first identification in nearly 60 years of a cultivated wheat plant infected with the fungal pathogen Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici (wheat stem rust) in the United Kingdom. They find that only 20% of UK wheat varieties are resistant to this strain and urge growers to resume resistance breeding programs.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23993642
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Lewis, C M, Persoons, A, Bebber, D P, Kigathi, R N, Findlay, K, Bueno-Sancho, V, Corredor-Moreno, P, Harrington, S A, Kangara, N, Berlin, A, Garcia, R, Germán, S E, Hanzalová, A, Hodson, D P, Hovmøller, M S, Huerta-Espino, J, Imtiaz, M, Mirza, J I, Justesen, A F, Niks, R E, Omrani, A, Patpour, M, Pretorius, Z A, Roohparvar, R, Sela, H, Singh, R P, Steffenson, B, Visser, B, Fenwick, P M, Thomas, J, Wulff, B B H & Saunders, D G O 2018, ' Potential for re-emergence of wheat stem rust in the United Kingdom ', Communications Biology, vol. 1, 13 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0013-y, Ainfo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, instacron:Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Communications Biology 1 (2018) 1, Communications Biology, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018), Communications Biology, Communications Biology, 1(1)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....be54b9db4d5d3b50353705c9fe135c4c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0013-y