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Bread wheat is an important strategic crop in Kyrgyzstan. It occupies more than half of the total cropping area in the country. Wheat yields are low and the grain quality is poor. The rusts are important and annual losses to stripe (yellow) rust and leaf rust may be as high as 10-30%. In 2001 a stripe rust epidemic caused losses estimated at 40-60%. Although wheat research in Kyrgyzstan began in 1936 a breeding for biotic stress resistance was initiated only recently. Monitoring of the Pst population started only in 1999 by way of the CWANA Yellow Rust Trap Nursery distributed by ICARDA. In 2002 wheat breeding program with a focus on stripe rust resistance was initiated in close collaboration with CIMMYT and ICARDA. In this program about 1,000 wheat lines were introduced and screened under natural epidemic conditions in the Chui region. Many resistant lines were selected and passed on to the breeding program for adaptation and yield trials. Varieties Azibrosh, Zubkov, Zagadka, Almira, Djamin, Hans and Petr were recommended for release.

Global Wheat Program

English

Lucia Segura

INT1787|INT3301

CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection