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a USDA-ARS, 1301 N. Western Rd., Stillwater, OK 74075
b USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 307, Aberdeen, ID, 83210
* Corresponding author (Do.Mornhinweg{at}ars.usda.gov).
STARS 0601B (Reg. No. GP-161, PI 642887), STARS 0602B (Reg. No. GP-162, PI 642888), STARS 0603B (Reg. No. GP-163, PI 642889), STARS 0604B (Reg. No. GP-164, PI 642890), STARS 0605B (Reg. No. GP-165, PI 642891), STARS 0606B (Reg. No. GP-166, PI 642892), STARS 0607B (Reg. No. GP-167, PI 642893), STARS 0608B (Reg. No. GP-168, PI 642894), STARS 0609B (Reg. No. GP-169, PI 642895), STARS 0610B (Reg. No. GP-170, PI 642896), STARS 0611B (Reg. No. GP-171, PI 642897), STARS 0612B (Reg. No. GP-172, PI 642898), STARS 0613B (Reg. No. GP-173, PI 642899), STARS 0614B (Reg. No. GP-174, PI 642900), STARS 0615B (Reg. No. GP-175, PI 642901), STARS 0616B (Reg. No. GP-176, PI 642902), STARS 0617B (Reg. No. GP-177, PI 642903), STARS 0618B (Reg. No. GP-178, PI 642904), and STARS 0619B (Reg. No. GP-179, PI 642905) are spring, six-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) lines developed cooperatively by the USDA-ARS, in Stillwater, OK, and Aberdeen, ID, as sources of resistance to Russian wheat aphid (RWA) [Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko)]. Each line has a different source of resistance in one of four, six-rowed, malting barley cultivar backgrounds (Table 1 ).
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Devastating yield losses occurred in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley in the western USA within the first 2 yr after the first appearance of the RWA in 1986 (Porter et al., 1999). Screening of the entire USDA-ARS National Small Grains Collection of H. vulgare in the greenhouse by the USDA-ARS in Stillwater, OK, resulted in the identification of 109 accessions with resistance to RWA ranging from resistant (1–3) to moderately resistant (4–5) on Webster's scale of 1 to 9 (1 = resistant, 9 = susceptible) (Webster et al., 1991) From these heterogeneous accessions, 109 homogeneous unadapted RWA-resistant germplasm lines were developed by selecting for RWA resistance and plant type. Two spring germplasm lines, STARS 9301B and STARS 9577B, were quickly released to breeders in 1993 and 1995, respectively (Mornhinweg et al., 1995, 1999). These lines, although highly resistant to RWA feeding damage, were not well adapted to U.S. feed or malting barley production environments. Breeder concerns about potential negative effects of unadapted germplasm on the agronomic performance and malting quality of elite breeding lines, led to the initiation of a backcross breeding program in Stillwater to develop RWA-resistant germplasm lines in backgrounds adapted to all barley-growing areas of the USA where RWA is a potential threat. All 109 unadapted resistant lines were used in the backcross breeding program. Seven RWA-resistant winter feed barley germplasm lines, in a ‘Schuyler’ (Jensen, 1972) background, were released in 2006 (Mornhinweg et al., 2006b). Simultaneous to this release of six-rowed germplasm lines, a set of 17 two-rowed germplasm lines (Mornhinweg et al., 2007) and a set of 7 two-rowed spring feed germplasm lines are being released.
In the present germplasm release, all lines were the best agronomic performers in each of the four six-rowed malting barley backgrounds, ‘Excel’ (Rasmusson et al., 1991), ‘Morex’ (Rasmusson et al., 1979), ‘Robust’ (Rasmusson et al., 1983), and ‘Stander’ (Rasmusson et al., 1993). These lines are very competitive with their recurrent parents in the field even in the absence of RWA (yields ranged form 92 to 113% of recurrent parent; Table 1).
Each of these germplasm lines was developed with three backcrosses of an unadapted RWA-resistant germplasm line as the male to a six-rowed cultivar female parent (Table 1). Backcross progeny were screened in each generation (BC1 and BC2), and only resistant plants were used in the next backcross. Approximately 100 BC3F2:3 individuals from each cross were increased in the greenhouse. Seed from these plants were grown in the field as plant rows in Aberdeen, ID, and evaluated for agronomic performance in comparison to the susceptible recurrent parent. Selected lines were grown in replicated yield trials, in the absence of aphids, for 2 yr in Aberdeen, and one line from each resistant source was selected for release (Table 1). BC3F6 seed from each of these 19 lines was screened in the greenhouse in Stillwater for homozygous resistance to the RWA1 biotype. If a line was not homozygous for resistance, resistant plants were rescued, increased in the greenhouse, and screened for homozygosity. Homozygous resistant plants were then increased in the greenhouse/field, screened for homozygous resistance, and bulked for release. Promising lines were further evaluated in advanced yield trials at three locations in Idaho.
Genetic diversity for aphid resistance is very important due to a very real potential in aphids for the development of biotypes capable of damaging previously resistant lines. The sources of resistance in STARS 0601B, 0605B, 0611B, 0612B, 0614B, 0616B, 0617B, 0618B, and 0619B (Table 1) were collected in Afghanistan, sources in STARS 0602B 0604B, 0606B, 0607B,and 0608B were collected in Iran, sources in STARS 0609B and 0615B were collected in the United Kingdom, while sources in STARS 0610B, 0603B, and 0613B were collected in Sweden, Egypt and the USA, respectively. Haley et al. (2004) reported a new biotype of RWA damaging to previously resistant wheat in Colorado. Seventeen of the STARS lines were resistant, and STARS 0603B was moderately resistant to this new biotype in greenhouse seedling tests. Populations have been developed to determine the inheritance of resistance in each source line represented in these germplasm lines, as well as the genetic diversity for RWA resistance among these lines.
Seed of these germplasm lines will be deposited in the National Plant Germplasm System, where they will be available for research purposes, including development and commercialization of new materials. It is requested that appropriate recognition of the source be given when these germplasm lines contribute to research or the development of an improved line, cultivar, or hybrid. Seed of the resistant STARS lines will be distributed on request to breeders and geneticists in lots of 5 g. Requests for seed should be sent to the corresponding author.
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Received for publication December 19, 2006.
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