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020 _a978-0-615-70429-6
040 _aMX-TxCIM
090 _aCIS-6967
100 1 _9873
_aJoshi, A.K.
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_8INT2917
245 0 0 _aResistant wheat varieties can mitigate the Pgt race Ug99 threat to food security.
260 _c2012
300 _ap. 197
500 _aAbstract only
520 _aFood security in Asia, Africa and many other countries is threatened by Pgt race Ug99. A concerted effort to replace currently susceptible varieties with agronomically superior resistant varieties includes evaluation of newly developed resistant lines, and pre-release seed multiplication and faster dissemination in south Asia and Africa. These accelerated multiplication activities were initiated in crop cycle 2008-09 in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nepal and Pakistan, in addition to countries such as Kenya, Iran and India. Theobjective was to multiply sufficient seed of resistant varieties to plant about 5% of the wheat area in each country. This would ensure sufficient seed of resistant genotypes to displace current varieties. The principle applied in each country was evaluation of new resistant candidate varieties and pre-release seed multiplication of those found promising. The organized effort was successful in that more than a dozen resistant varieties were released in the six countries, and amounts of seed available at the time of release were several times higher than achieved by earlier release systems. The results also showed that new Ug99-resistant varieties possessed yield superiority over the most popular current varieties. This successful seed multiplication and distribution effort has provided confidence that participating countries can meet the threat of Ug99. Spill-over effects should also benefit other countries in the region.
536 _aConservation Agriculture Program|Global Wheat Program|Genetic Resources Program
546 _aEnglish
593 _aLucia Segura
594 _aINT2917|INT3065|INT3018|INT1422|INT0610|INT0599
595 _aCSC
700 1 _aAzab, M.,
_ecoaut.
_92136
700 1 _91872
_aBarma, N.C.D
700 1 _aBedada, G.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aBhatta, M.R.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aBishaw, Z.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aGautam, N.R.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aGelalcha, S.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aHakim, A.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aHaque, M.E.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aMajid, A.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aMalaker, P.K.,
_ecoaut.
_92695
700 1 _aMcIntosh, R.
700 1 _aMosaad, M.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aMoselhy, M.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aMujahid, M.Y.,
_ecoaut.
_91881
700 1 _aPandit, D.B.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aUpdahyay, S.R.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aPayne, T.S.
_gFormerly Genetic Resources Program
_8INT1422
_9828
700 1 _aBraun, H.J.
_gFormerly Global Wheat Program
_8INT0599
_9824
700 1 _aSingh, R.P.
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_8INT0610
_9825
700 1 _aSharma, R.K.
_gFormerly Global Wheat Program
_8INT3065
_9888
700 1 _aTiwari, T.P.
_gSustainable Intensification Program
_gGlobal Wheat Program
_8INT3018
_9881
942 _cPRO
999 _c8512
_d8512