Diallel Analysis of Barley Resistance to Blumeria graminis

Arabi, M.I.E. and Al-shehadah, E. and Jawhar, M. (2019) Diallel Analysis of Barley Resistance to Blumeria graminis. Cereal Research Communications, 47 (3). pp. 455-462. ISSN 0133-3720

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Abstract

Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei (Bgh) is a common foliar disease of barley worldwide. The creation of new cultivars with durable resistance to Bgh is highly desirable. This work was undertaken to examine the resistance to Bgh in 10 genetically diverse barley parents, and to evaluate their general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) effects toward determining the genetic basis of disease resistance. Two experiments, in a growth chamber on seedling and in the field on adult plant stages, were conducted using a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The parents expressing differences in their reactions to Bgh were crossed in a half-diallel mating design to generate 45 full-sib families. Genetic component analysis showed significant effects for both GCA and SCA under both experiments suggesting that additive as well as non-additive genetic mechanisms were involved in the expression of resistance in these parents. The estimate of narrow-sense heritability was 0.63 and broad-sense heritability was 98% indicating that selection for the disease resistance should be effective in these crosses. Resistant parents ‘Banteng, PK 30-136 and ‘Igri’ had significantly negative GCA effects, suggesting their prime suitability for use in barley breeding programs to improve resistance to Bgh.

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