Prospecção de marcadores moleculares associados à resistência à giberela em trigo

Abstract

The cultivation of wheat in Brazil is marked by the large number of diseases that can damage the production. Among the major diseases affecting wheat is wheat scab or Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by the agent Gibberella zeae (Schw.) Petch (anamorph Fusarium graminearum Schwabe ) that causes negative impact not only on productivity but also the quality of the grain produced. The environmental conditions for infection are temperatures between 20-25°C and 48 consecutive hours of leaf wetness. Chemical control is performed via application of fungicides from the start extending until the end of flowering, and this type of control is characterized by its low efficiency when compared to the disease control. If the weather conditions prevent the aplication of fungicide applications within this period, there is no possibility control, on the other hand, if it does not favorable environment for infec tion treatment is not justified. The inefficiency of cultural control of FHB, associated with the quantitative trait (QTL- Quantitative traits loci)of resistance, and the fact of suffering high influence of the environment results in the need to identify effective sources of resistance that can be used in wheat breeding programs. In fact, there are cultures where control of major diseases occurs almost exclusively through resistance where the identification of genotypes containing resist ance is one of the first steps in their selection. Thus it is crucial to understand cultivar present levels of resistance to FHB and methods that can identify these cultivars.The objective of this study was: i) separate susceptible and containing different levels of resistance using molecular and morphological evaluations; ii) determine FHB resistance using cultivars Frontana and Pampeano as a source of resistance. Using morphological assessments cited in the literature and associated with resistance to FHB, as, primers as described in the literature as significantly associated with QTL for resistance to FHB. As a result of the study one expects to develop tools that can be used to facilitate the identification of sources of resistance.