Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia

Durum wheat landraces have huge potential for the identification of genetic factors valuable for improving resistance to biotic stresses. Tunisia is known as a hot spot for Septoria tritici blotch disease (STB), caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici (Z. tritici). In this context, a collection of...

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Autores principales: Ben M’Barek, Sarrah, Laribi, Marwa, Kouki, Hajer, Castillo, Dalma, Araar, Chayma, Nefzaoui, Meriem, Ammar, Karim, Saint Pierre, Carolina, Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126540
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author Ben M’Barek, Sarrah
Laribi, Marwa
Kouki, Hajer
Castillo, Dalma
Araar, Chayma
Nefzaoui, Meriem
Ammar, Karim
Saint Pierre, Carolina
Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine
author_browse Ammar, Karim
Araar, Chayma
Ben M’Barek, Sarrah
Castillo, Dalma
Kouki, Hajer
Laribi, Marwa
Nefzaoui, Meriem
Saint Pierre, Carolina
Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine
author_facet Ben M’Barek, Sarrah
Laribi, Marwa
Kouki, Hajer
Castillo, Dalma
Araar, Chayma
Nefzaoui, Meriem
Ammar, Karim
Saint Pierre, Carolina
Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine
author_sort Ben M’Barek, Sarrah
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description Durum wheat landraces have huge potential for the identification of genetic factors valuable for improving resistance to biotic stresses. Tunisia is known as a hot spot for Septoria tritici blotch disease (STB), caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici (Z. tritici). In this context, a collection of 3166 Mediterranean durum wheat landraces were evaluated at the seedling and adult stages for STB resistance in the 2016–2017 cropping season under field conditions in Kodia (Tunisia). Unadapted/susceptible accessions were eliminated to reach the final set of 1059 accessions; this was termed the Med-collection, which comprised accessions from 13 countries and was also screened in the 2018–2019 cropping season. The Med-collection showed high frequency of resistance reactions, among which over 50% showed an immune reaction (HR) at both seedling and adult growth stages. Interestingly, 92% of HR and R accessions maintained their resistance levels across the two years, confirming the highly significant correlation found between seedling-and adult-stage reactions. Plant Height was found to have a negative significant effect on adult-stage resistance, suggesting that either this trait can influence disease severity, or that it can be due to environmental/epidemiological factors. Accessions from Italy showed the highest variability, while those from Portugal, Spain and Tunisia showed the highest levels of resistance at both growth stages, suggesting that the latter accessions may harbor novel QTLs effective for STB resistance.
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spelling CGSpace1265402025-12-08T10:29:22Z Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia Ben M’Barek, Sarrah Laribi, Marwa Kouki, Hajer Castillo, Dalma Araar, Chayma Nefzaoui, Meriem Ammar, Karim Saint Pierre, Carolina Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine agronomic characters hard wheat seedlings Durum wheat landraces have huge potential for the identification of genetic factors valuable for improving resistance to biotic stresses. Tunisia is known as a hot spot for Septoria tritici blotch disease (STB), caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici (Z. tritici). In this context, a collection of 3166 Mediterranean durum wheat landraces were evaluated at the seedling and adult stages for STB resistance in the 2016–2017 cropping season under field conditions in Kodia (Tunisia). Unadapted/susceptible accessions were eliminated to reach the final set of 1059 accessions; this was termed the Med-collection, which comprised accessions from 13 countries and was also screened in the 2018–2019 cropping season. The Med-collection showed high frequency of resistance reactions, among which over 50% showed an immune reaction (HR) at both seedling and adult growth stages. Interestingly, 92% of HR and R accessions maintained their resistance levels across the two years, confirming the highly significant correlation found between seedling-and adult-stage reactions. Plant Height was found to have a negative significant effect on adult-stage resistance, suggesting that either this trait can influence disease severity, or that it can be due to environmental/epidemiological factors. Accessions from Italy showed the highest variability, while those from Portugal, Spain and Tunisia showed the highest levels of resistance at both growth stages, suggesting that the latter accessions may harbor novel QTLs effective for STB resistance. 2022 2023-01-04T10:21:43Z 2023-01-04T10:21:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126540 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Ben M’Barek, S., Laribi, M., Kouki, H., Castillo, D., Araar, C., Nefzaoui, M., Ammar, K., Saint-Pierre, C., & Yahyaoui, A. H. (2022). Phenotyping Mediterranean Durum Wheat Landraces for Resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia. Genes, 13(2), 355. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13020355
spellingShingle agronomic characters
hard wheat
seedlings
Ben M’Barek, Sarrah
Laribi, Marwa
Kouki, Hajer
Castillo, Dalma
Araar, Chayma
Nefzaoui, Meriem
Ammar, Karim
Saint Pierre, Carolina
Yahyaoui, Amor Hassine
Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title_full Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title_fullStr Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title_short Phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici in Tunisia
title_sort phenotyping mediterranean durum wheat landraces for resistance to zymoseptoria tritici in tunisia
topic agronomic characters
hard wheat
seedlings
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126540
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