Secale sylvestre

Secale sylvestre is a wild relative of rye (S. cereale).^[1]

Secale sylvestre
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Secale
Species:	S. sylvestre
Binomial name
Secale sylvestre Host

Breeding

Secale sylvestre is useful for wheat breeding.^[1] This includes disease resistance breeding.^[1]

Genomics

Secale sylvestre is the source of PmSESY, a disease resistance gene for wheat powdery mildew.^[1] He et al., 2021 use genetic mapping to locate PmSESY on the 1RL chromosome.^[1]

References

1. Spetsov, Penko; Daskalova, Nadia (2022). "Resistance to pathogens in wheat-rye and triticale genetic stocks". Journal of Plant Pathology. 104 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 99–114. doi:10.1007/s42161-021-01019-5. ISSN 1125-4653. S2CID 257109464.

   Wang, Bo; Meng, Ting; Xiao, Bei; Yu, Tianying; Yue, Tingyan; Jin, Yuli; Ma, Pengtao (2023). "Fighting wheat powdery mildew: from genes to fields". Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136 (9). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 196. doi:10.1007/s00122-023-04445-4. ISSN 0040-5752. PMID 37606731. S2CID 261063551.

   These reviews cite this research.

   He, Huagang; Du, Haonan; Liu, Renkang; Liu, Tianlei; Yang, Lijun; Gong, Shuangjun; Tang, Zongxiang; Du, Haimei; Liu, Cheng; Han, Ran; Sun, Weihong; Wang, Lei; Zhu, Shanying (2021). "Characterization of a new gene for resistance to wheat powdery mildew on chromosome 1RL of wild rye Secale sylvestre". Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 887–896. doi:10.1007/s00122-020-03739-1. ISSN 0040-5752. PMID 33388886. S2CID 230109353.