Harnessing Wheat Fhb1 for Fusarium Resistance

Yuanfeng Hao; Awais Rasheed; Zhanwang Zhu; Brande B H Wulff; Zhonghu He

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.006

Harnessing Wheat Fhb1 for Fusarium Resistance

Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Jan;25(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Oct 31.

Authors

Yuanfeng Hao¹, Awais Rasheed², Zhanwang Zhu¹, Brande B H Wulff³, Zhonghu He⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China.
² Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), c/o CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
³ John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
⁴ Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), c/o CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China. Electronic address: z.he@cgiar.org.

PMID: 31679993
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.006

Abstract

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum, is an economically devastating disease of wheat worldwide. Fhb1, a widely used genetic source of FHB resistance, originated in East Asia. The recent cloning of Fhb1 opens a new avenue to improve FHB resistance in wheat and potentially other crops.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Resistance
Fusarium*
Plant Diseases
Quantitative Trait Loci
Triticum