Breeding progress for pathogen resistance is a second major driver for yield increase in German winter wheat at contrasting N levels

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Titre anglais
Breeding progress for pathogen resistance is a second major driver for yield increase in German winter wheat at contrasting N levels
Auteur(s)
  • ZETZSCHE Holger
  • FRIEDT Wolfgang
  • ORDON Frank
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2344
Date ajout
15 janvier 2021 23:33
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15 janvier 2021 23:33
Résumé anglais
Breeding has substantially increased the genetic yield potential, but fungal pathogens are still major constraints for wheat production. Therefore, breeding success for resistance and its impact on yield were analyzed on a large panel of winter wheat cultivars, representing breeding progress in Germany during the last decades, in large scale field trials under different fungicide and nitrogen treatments. Results revealed a highly significant effect of genotype (G) and year (Y) on resistances and G × Y interactions were significant for all pathogens tested, i.e. leaf rust, strip rust, powdery mildew and Fusarium head blight. N-fertilization significantly increased the susceptibility to biotrophic and hemibiotrophic pathogens. Resistance was significantly improved over time but at different rates for the pathogens. Although the average progress of resistance against each pathogen was higher at the elevated N level in absolute terms, it was very similar at both N levels on a relative basis. Grain yield was increased significantly over time under all treatments but was considerably higher without fungicides particularly at high N-input. Our results strongly indicate that wheat breeding resulted in a substantial increase of grain yield along with a constant improvement of resistance to fungal pathogens, thereby contributing to an environment-friendly and sustainable wheat production.
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Utile à l'AB
  • FREDO durabilité
  • FREDO santé végétale
  • GEO Allemagne
  • azote
  • céréale
  • nitrogen
  • plant breeding
  • rendement
  • résistance
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Titre de la publication
Scientific Reports
Volume
10
Pages
20374
Date caractères
2020-11-23
Date publication
23 novembre 2020
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10.1038/s41598-020-77200-0 Le DOI est une URL unique de référencement d'une publication. Il est donc plus fiable et permanent qu'une URL classique
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2045-2322 L’ISSN est un code de 8 chiffres servant à identifier les journaux, revues, magazines, périodiques de toute nature et sur tous supports, papier comme électronique.