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SESSION 4: GENETICS OF HOSTS – PLANT RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM,<br />
VARIETY DEVELOPMENT<br />
P99 - Testing varieties at GEVES for resistance to<br />
Fusarium head blight on cereals: A way to improve<br />
genetic progress in the French Catalogue and to<br />
reduce the use <strong>of</strong> pesticides<br />
V. Cadot 1 , J. P. Maigniel 2<br />
GEVES (Groupe d’Etude et de contrôle des Variétés Et des Semences- French Group for the Study<br />
and Inspection <strong>of</strong> Varieties and Seeds), 1 25 Rue Georges Morel - CS 90024 - 49071 BEAUCOUZE<br />
Cedex – France, 2 Domaine de l'Anjouère - 49370 LA POUEZE- France<br />
E-mail: valerie.cadot@geves.fr<br />
Testing candidate varieties resistance to pests and diseases for registration in the<br />
French catalogue is very important for varietal innovation, as it provides a<br />
description <strong>of</strong> resistant varieties to the farmers and could also encourage<br />
breeders to improve the level <strong>of</strong> disease resistance; GEVES being responsible for<br />
carrying out these studies. Regarding cereal diseases,resistant cultivars are<br />
advantaged by bonus points in the final cotation <strong>of</strong> Value for Cultivation, Use and<br />
Sustainability, in order to facilitate their registration. For Fusarium Head Blight, a<br />
bonus is accorded for a cotation superior or equal to 6 and a penalty is given for a<br />
cotation inferior or equal to 3, with the resistance cotation from 1: susceptible to 9:<br />
resistant. FHB resistance is assessed over a two year period in a specific CTPS<br />
network, composed <strong>of</strong> 7 winter wheat trials, with twenty controls shared in 4<br />
groups <strong>of</strong> earliness. The trials were contaminated, either by corn stubbles with<br />
Fusarium graminearum, or by spraying a mixture <strong>of</strong> F.culmorum and F.<br />
graminearum; strains being chosen in accordance with their toxinogenocity for<br />
deoxynivalenol (DON) and aggressiveness. From 2008 to 2012, the evolution <strong>of</strong><br />
the resistance level to Fusarium <strong>of</strong> 150 registered cultivars was studied, with<br />
about 30 registered cultivars per year out <strong>of</strong> 80 applicants. The amplitude <strong>of</strong> the<br />
resistance cotation goes from 2.5 to 6.5 and the median is worth 4.4. A genetic<br />
progress <strong>of</strong> the resistance level was observed, with a significant reduction <strong>of</strong> the<br />
susceptible class (from 31% cultivars to 9%), an important increase <strong>of</strong> the<br />
intermediate class (from 53% to 71%) and a slight increase <strong>of</strong> the resistant class<br />
(from 16 % to 21%). Integration <strong>of</strong> DON into the CTPS is currently being<br />
considered.<br />
Keywords: Fusarium, wheat, registration, resistance<br />
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