A perspective of leaf rust race FHPRN and its impact on leaf rust resistance in Pakistani wheat varieties

Leaf rust infected leaves of a widely growing variety seher-06 were collected in wheat season of 2011-12. the leaf rust isolates were assessed on thatcher derived lr isogenic lines and a race fhprn was identified. seventy six wheat varieties/lines besides lr isogenic lines were screened against this race for seedling in glass house and for adult plant resistance at bahawalpur and faisalabad during 2012-13. lr1,lr2a,lr9,lr19,lr24,lr10+27+31 (gatcher) and lr28 were found completely resistant at both stages against fhprn. molecular screening of the wheat varieties/lines indicated the presence of leaf rust resistance genes lr9 (0%),lr13 (43%),lr19 (1%),lr20 (0%),lr24 (4%),lr26 (23%),lr28 (0%),lr34 (38%),lr37 (1%) and lr47 (1%) in them. field data suggested that as-02 (lr10+26+34),bhakar-02 (lr13) and shafaq-06 (lr10+13+27) were resistant; pasban-90 (lr10+13+26+27),chenab-2000 (lr10+13+26+27+31+34),fbd-08 (lr10),millat-11 (unknown) and punjab-11 (unknown) were found moderately resistant; blue silver (lr13+14a),pak-81 (lr10+23+26+31),bahawalpur-97 (lr13+26) and lasani-08 (lr13+27+31) were susceptible while sh-88 (unknown),auqab-2000 (lr10+23+26+27+31),iqbal-2000 (lr3+10+13+26+27+31),bahawalpur-2000 (lr34) and seher-06 (lr10+27+31) were found highly susceptible against fhprn. present and previous studies revealed the presence of lr3,10,13,14a,23,26,27,31 and 34 in the pakistani wheat varieties yet lacking lr9,19,24 and 28. therefore,the latter genes and their effective combinations should be incorporated in pakistani varieties to combat leaf rust effectively. © 2015,pakistan botanical society. all rights reserved.