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Durum wheat genotype Trinakria showed high degree of resistance to leaf rust disease. Genetic analysis showed a single dominant gene for leaf rust resistance which was mapped on the short arm of 5B chromosome and Xgwm234 was the closest marker at a distance of 6.3cM.
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Leaf rust resistance gene in Trinakria can be used in wheat breeding programmes in India.
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This page is a summary of: Inheritance and molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance inTriticum turgidumvar.durumcv. Trinakria, Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The), January 2014, Diva Enterprises Private Limited,
DOI: 10.5958/j.0975-6906.74.1.002.
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