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Листовые болезни яровой пшеницы-бурая ржавчина (возбудитель-Puccinia triticina), желтая пятнистость (пиренофороз) (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) и темно-бурая пятнистость (Сochliobolus sativus = Bipolaris sorokiniana)-относятся к группе распространенных и потенциально опасных болезней в западноазиатских регионах России и Северном Казахстане. Для обоснования стратегий генетической защиты пшеницы необходимы популяционные исследования фитопатогенов. Цель работыхарактеристика структуры популяций возбудителей бурой ржавчины и желтой пятнистости яровой пшеницы по признакам вирулентности и оценка распространенности возбудителя темно-бурой пятнистости в западноазиатских регионах Российской Федерации и Северном Казахстане в 2017 г. Источником инфекционного материала служили пораженные бурой ржавчиной и пятнистостями листья образцов яровой пше ницы, собранные в Челябинской и Омской областях и Северном Казахстане. Анализ вирулентности 109 изолятов P. triticina на 20 линиях-дифференциаторах показал, что все изученные монопустульные изоляты были авирулентны к ТсLr24. Изоляты, вирулентные к ТсLr19, выявлены только в челябинской популяции. Частоты вирулентных изолятов к ТсLr2a, ТсLr2b, ТсLr2c, ТсLr11, ТсLr15, ТсLr16, ТсLr20 и ТсLr26 были выше в омской и североказахстанской популяциях, а к ТсLr9-в челябинской. При использовании 20 ТсLr-ли ний определено 27 фенотипов вирулентности P.

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Fifty-five spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L .) cultivars, mostly released between 1975 and 1991 in eight leaf rust-prone spring wheat growing regions of the former USSR, were tested in the seedling growth stage for reaction to 15 Mexican pathotypes of Puccinia recondita f. sp . tritici . In total, seven known and at least two unknown genes were identified, either singly or in combinations : Lr3 (7 cultivars), Lr10 (14), Lr13 (5), Lr14a (1), Lr16 (1), Lr23 (3); the unknown genes were identified in 14 cultivars . The first unknown gene could be either Lr9, Lr19, or Lr25; however, the second unknown gene in 9 cultivars was different from any named gene . Twelve of the 15 pathotypes are virulent for this gene, hence its use in breeding for resistance will be limited . The cultivars were also evaluated at two field locations in Mexico with two pathotypes in separate experiments. The area under the disease progress curve and the final disease rating of the cultivars indicated genetic diversity for genes conferring adult plant resistance . Based on the symptoms of the leaf tip necrosis in adult plants, resistance gene Lr34 could be present in at least 20 cultivars . More than half of the cultivars carry high to moderate levels of adult plant resistance and were distributed in each region .

Identifcation of adaptive responses of breeding material, developed in different breeding centers, helps to purposefully correct these traits where it is necessary. Thus, 42 modern breeding lines from eight institutions of Russia and Kazakhstan were studied in comparison with the historical standard Bezenchukskaya 139 in trails of 16-17 and 18 KASIB-SDW (Kazakhstan-Siberian net for wheat improvement, spring durum wheat) in 2015–2017. Field experiments and yield measurements in each ecological cite were similar. To solve these tasks of the experiment, two-factor ANOVA, methods for adaptability assessment cluster analysis and principle component method were applied. As a result, it was established that 1) genotype and genotype – environment interaction (overall 15.8–23.5 % of total dispersion) had signifcant effect on yield variability; 2) genotype – environment interactions were of linear nature and had no destabilizing effect; 3) all the genotypes tested can be distributed in three clusters, the frst one for locally adapted varieties, the third for varieties of a wide areal, the second included genotypes with intermediate characteristics; 4) breeding centers of the Federal Altai Scientifc Centre of Agro-Biotechnologies and of the Research Institute of Agriculture of South-East produced predominantly varieties of local importance, the Samara Research Institute of Agriculture – varieties of wide area; 5) a stable trend of increased mean yield compared to historical standard Bezenchukskaya 139 over ecological sites was observed only for Samara varieties; 6) varieties of all the breeding centers had no stable difference from Bezenchukskaya 139 concerning stability and responsiveness, which can be explained by an incomplete breeding process for these parameters and confrms the importance of the KASIB program; 7) a trend of yield increase compared to Bezenchukskaya 139 under testing in defnite local environments had more stable parameters with the largest progress observed in the Altai Research Institute of Agriculture (135.4 and 163.2 % to Bezenchukskaya 139), which can be explained by a high efciency of breeding of locally adapted varieties in the breeding center.

The responses of wild populations of emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides), from different ecogeographical areas of Israel, to three herbicides, difenzoquat, chiortoluron and metoxuron, commonly used on cultivated wheats, were studied. Although cultivated wheats are polymorphic for a response to difenzoquat, all families of all populations of the wild species were resistant. The species was, however, polymorphic for response to both chiortoluron and metoxuron. In addition, there appeared to be differentiation between populations in the frequencies of resistant and susceptible morphs for these herbicides. There was also a close correspondence between the responses of individual families to chiortoluron and metoxuron, which suggests a common genetic control. The implications of these findings for understanding the evolution of herbicide resistance, and for developing strategies for breeding for resistance in the cultivated species are discussed.

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Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Erikss., is one of the most damaging diseases in wheat and is especially damaging for winter and facultative wheat. The objective of this study was to understand stripe rust resistance in 100 wheat and facultative wheat entries from the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program by conducting experiments in a greenhouse and in four field environments in Washington State, USA, and by genotyping molecular markers linked to Yr genes. Percentages of entries resistant to the rust races at the seedling stage were: PST-17, 44%; PST-37, 32%; PST-43, 45%; PST-45, 49%; PST-116, 18%; PST-100, 17%; and PST-127, 8%. Molecular markers were positive for genes Yr9, Yr17, and Yr18 and negative for Yr5, Yr10, and Yr15. Yr18 was present in 44 entries (44%). By using the highly virulent races PST-127 and PST-100 under controlled conditions, 16 entries were shown to have high-temperature adult-plant (HTAP) resistance and resistant–moderately resistant field reactions at all four field sites. Resistant entries, especially those with HTAP resistance, were also identified in the field experiments.