Control Strategies of Wheat Stripe Rust in Turkey

Fatih OZDEMIRBahri Dagdas IARI-Konya-TURKEY

Survey

• Agricultural Research Institutes

• Extention services have regular survey program in province and districts (800 point in Turkey)

• SMS system used by extention services in Central Anatolia

Main Control Strategies

• Monitoring and pathogenic variation

• Breeding Activities

• Fungicide application

• International Collaborations and Rust Network

Yellow Rust Stem RustLeaf Rust

Monitoring of Pathogenic Variation• Trap nurseries• Resistance genes• Common cultivar• Some cultivars which have important genes

• Pathotype/race analyses under controlled greenhouse condition on differantial sets

• Surveillance and Monitoring of the pathogenic variability

• Screening of the wheat and barley germplasm under natural and artificial condition in the multilocation.

• Registered varieties

• Advance lines

• Coordination of the institute and materyal changing between institutes

• To enhance personel capacity and knowledge, organised training activities as theoretical and practical.

• Incorporation of moleculer markers (Lr34, Sr24 etc.) related resistance genes to the breeding program.

Breeding Program

Winter Wheat

National

Disease

Program

Spring Wheat

Breeding program conducted by agricultural research institutes in their own regions,

National Program facilitates collaboration between institutes

International Winter Wheat Improvement program (IWWIP), Turkey-CIMMYT-ICARDA collaboration

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Fungicide application

• Effective fungicides are available

• The cost of the fungicide application cheaper than before

• Farmers apply fungicide with herbicides and other foliar applications like fertilizers.

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International Collaborations

• IWWIP• Turkey-ICARDA (regional wheat rust center-İzmir)• CIMMYT• BGRI• FAO

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Challenges• Registration system– Yield is first priority. Quality is second priority. – Susceptible cultivars can be registered if yield is

higher than standart cultivars• Breeding program– Several disease (not only yellow rust but also

other disease • Fungicide application– Escape application or early application– Small scale farmers– Low yield potentials

Thank you.

fatihozde@hotmail.comwww.bahridagdas.gov.tr

www.iwwip.org