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Potential new sources of wheat curl mite resistance in wheat to prevent the spread of yield-reducing pathogens

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The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella Keifer (Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae), is a major pest in cropping regions of the world and is recognised as the primary vector of several yield-reducing pathogens, primarily affecting wheat. Management of WCM is complicated due to several aspects of the mite’s biology and ecology; however, commercially viable mite resistant wheat varieties may offer practical long-term management options. Unfortunately, mite populations have adapted to previously identified sources of resistance, highlighting the need for further sources of resistance and the value of stacking different resistances to give greater degrees and longevity of control. In this study we assessed the susceptibility of 42 wheat-derived genotypes to mite population growth using a new experimental method that overcomes methodological limitations of previous studies. Experimental wheat lines included a variety of wheat genotypes, related Triticeae species, wheat-alien chromosome amphiploids, and chromosome addition or substitution lines. From these we identify new promising sources of WCM resistance associated with Thinopyrum intermedium, Th. ponticum and Hordeum marinum chromosomes. More specifically we identify group 1J and 5J chromosomes of the L3 and L5 wheat-Th. intermedium addition lines as new sources of resistance that could be exploited to transfer resistance onto homoeologous wheat chromosomes. This study offers new methods for reliable in situ estimations of mite abundance on cereal plants, and new sources of WCM resistance that may assist management of WCM and associated viruses in wheat.

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The authors wish to acknowledge Isabel Valenzuela of the University of Melbourne and Dusty Severston of the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia, for discussion relating to experimental methods. The authors also wish to acknowledge Jason Axford of the University of Melbourne for practical assistance, and the reviewers for their valuable comments and contributions. This project was funded by the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation (Project UM00041).

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Table 2 Summary statistics for mite numbers for the wheat lines in the laboratory experiment

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Table 3 Summary statistics for mite numbers on the wheat lines in the glasshouse experiment

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Richardson, K., Miller, A.D., Hoffmann, A.A. et al. Potential new sources of wheat curl mite resistance in wheat to prevent the spread of yield-reducing pathogens. Exp Appl Acarol 64, 1–19 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9808-9

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