Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen

Abstract Given the increasing demand for wheat which is forecast, cropping of wheat in short rotations will likely remain a common practice. However, in temperate wheat growing regions the soil-borne fungal pathogen Gaeumannomyces tritici becomes a major constraint on productivity. In cultivar rotat...

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Autores principales: V. E. McMillan, G. Canning, J. Moughan, R. P. White, R. J. Gutteridge, K. E. Hammond-Kosack
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:aeccc06d9c8c46dd94595af12fa7e76a2021-12-02T11:41:13ZExploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen10.1038/s41598-018-25511-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/aeccc06d9c8c46dd94595af12fa7e76a2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25511-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Given the increasing demand for wheat which is forecast, cropping of wheat in short rotations will likely remain a common practice. However, in temperate wheat growing regions the soil-borne fungal pathogen Gaeumannomyces tritici becomes a major constraint on productivity. In cultivar rotation field experiments on the Rothamsted Farm (Hertfordshire, UK) we demonstrated a substantial reduction in take-all disease and grain yield increases of up to 2.4 tonnes/ha when a low take-all inoculum building wheat cultivar was grown in the first year of wheat cropping. Phenotyping of 71 modern elite wheat cultivars for the take-all inoculum build-up trait across six diverse trial sites identified a few cultivars which exhibited a consistent lowering of take-all inoculum build-up. However, there was also evidence of a significant interaction effect between trial site and cultivar when a pooled Residual Maximum Likelihood (REML) procedure was conducted. There was no evidence of an unusual rooting phenotype associated with take-all inoculum build-up in two independent field experiments and a sand column experiment. Together our results highlight the complex interactions between wheat genotype, environmental conditions and take-all inoculum build-up. Further work is required to determine the underlying genetic and mechanistic basis of this important phenomenon.V. E. McMillanG. CanningJ. MoughanR. P. WhiteR. J. GutteridgeK. E. Hammond-KosackNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
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V. E. McMillan
G. Canning
J. Moughan
R. P. White
R. J. Gutteridge
K. E. Hammond-Kosack
Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen
description Abstract Given the increasing demand for wheat which is forecast, cropping of wheat in short rotations will likely remain a common practice. However, in temperate wheat growing regions the soil-borne fungal pathogen Gaeumannomyces tritici becomes a major constraint on productivity. In cultivar rotation field experiments on the Rothamsted Farm (Hertfordshire, UK) we demonstrated a substantial reduction in take-all disease and grain yield increases of up to 2.4 tonnes/ha when a low take-all inoculum building wheat cultivar was grown in the first year of wheat cropping. Phenotyping of 71 modern elite wheat cultivars for the take-all inoculum build-up trait across six diverse trial sites identified a few cultivars which exhibited a consistent lowering of take-all inoculum build-up. However, there was also evidence of a significant interaction effect between trial site and cultivar when a pooled Residual Maximum Likelihood (REML) procedure was conducted. There was no evidence of an unusual rooting phenotype associated with take-all inoculum build-up in two independent field experiments and a sand column experiment. Together our results highlight the complex interactions between wheat genotype, environmental conditions and take-all inoculum build-up. Further work is required to determine the underlying genetic and mechanistic basis of this important phenomenon.
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author V. E. McMillan
G. Canning
J. Moughan
R. P. White
R. J. Gutteridge
K. E. Hammond-Kosack
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G. Canning
J. Moughan
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title Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen
title_short Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen
title_full Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen
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title_full_unstemmed Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen
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