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Performance of Cereal Varieties against Cereal Cyst Nematode (Heterodera avenae)

Shahid Ahmed1,2*, Huiqing Su1, Xuqian Sun1, Peng Feng1, Yongpan Chen1, Liang Yu1, Qian Liu1 and Heng Jian1

1Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, No 2, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, People’s Republic of China; 2Crop Diseases Research Institute (CDRI), National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad Pakistan-44000.

 
*Correspondence | Shahid Ahmed, Crop Diseases Research Institute (CDRI), National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad Pakistan-44000; Email: nematologist@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The soilborne pathogen cereal cyst nematode (CCN) Heterodera avenae is one of the biotic stress factors that directly affects the crop physiology from seed germination to crop maturity and limits the cereal production in different agro-ecologies of the world. In China, this pathogen is widespread in more than 20 provinces and infects the major cereal varieties and germplasm being adopted for cereal crop production annually. We tested number of cereal accessions to see the host pathogen interaction; among 15 wheat lines from Zhonnguyuan Sun (CAAS) CIMMYT Beijing and 10 lines of oats from Jilin Province were screened against H. avenae. The results showed that 5 wheat and 7 oat lines ranked as resistant genotypes while 9 wheat and 3 oat lines were ranked as moderately resistant and 1 wheat line and the local check were highly susceptible to H. avenae. These genotypes need to be exploited in breeding program to introduce the resistance gene pool in local cereal cultivars for resistance to H. avenae in China.

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Pakistan Journal of Nematology

June

Pakistan Journal of Nematology, Vol. 42, Iss. 1, Pages 1-87

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