Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals

• Provides an authoritative review of the key developments in achieving durable disease resistance in cereal crops
• Comprehensive coverage of the major diseases that affect cereal crops (Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, tan spot)
• Assesses the key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals faced globally, with dedicated chapters to the regional strategies established by North America, North-west Europe, North Africa and West Asia

1.Global patterns of cereal diseases and the impacts of breeding for host plant resistance: Serge Savary and Laetitia Willocquet, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), France;

Part 1 Fungal diseases of cereals: rusts
2.Advances in understanding the biology and epidemiology of rust diseases of cereals: Vanessa Bueno-Sancho, Clare M. Lewis and Diane G. O. Saunders, John Innes Centre, UK;
3.Advances in identifying stripe rust resistance genes in cereals: Tianheng Ren, Zhi Li, Feiquan Tan, Cheng Jiang and Peigao Luo, Sichuan Agricultural University, China;

Part 2 Fungal diseases of cereals: Fusarium head blight
4.Advances in understanding the epidemiology of Fusarium in cereals: Stephen N. Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA;
5.Cereal-Fusarium interactions: Improved fundamental insights into Fusarium pathogenomics and cereal host resistance reveals new ways to achieve durable disease control: Claire Kanja, Ana K. Machado Wood, Laura Baggaley, Catherine Walker and Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Rothamsted Research, UK;
6.Advances in genetic improvement of durable resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat: Guihua Bai, USDA-ARS, USA;

Part 3 Fungal diseases of cereals: Septoria tritici blotch
7.Advances in understanding the epidemiology of Septoria tritici blotch in cereals: Stephen B. Goodwin, USDA-ARS, USA;
8.Understanding plant-pathogen interactions in Septoria tritici blotch infection of cereals: Y. Petit-Houdenot and M.-H. Lebrun, UMR Bioger, Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, AgroParistech, France; and G. Scalliet, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Switzerland;
9.Advances in breeding techniques for durable Septoria tritici blotch (STB) resistance in cereals: Harsh Raman, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australia;

Part 4 Fungal diseases of cereals: Septoria nodorum blotch and spot blotch
10.Understanding the plant-pathogen interaction associated with Septoria nodorum blotch of wheat: Gayan K. Kariyawasam, North Dakota State University, USA; and Timothy L. Friesen, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, USA;
11.Advances in genetic mapping of Septoria nodorum blotch resistance in wheat and applications in resistance breeding: Min Lin and Morten Lillemo, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway;
12.Advances in breeding techniques for durable resistance to spot blotch in cereals: Ramesh Chand, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India; Sudhir Navathe, Agharkar Research Institute, India; and Sandeep Sharma, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India;

Part 5 Fungal diseases of cereals: net blotch
13.Advances in understanding the epidemiology, molecular biology and control of net blotch and the net blotch barley interaction: Anke Martin, Barsha Poudel and Buddhika Amarasinghe Dahanayaka, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; Mark S. McLean, Agriculture Victoria, Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Tourism and Resources, Australia; Lisle Snyman, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia; and Francisco J. Lopez-Ruiz, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Australia;
14.Understanding plant–pathogen interactions in net blotch infection of cereals: Karl M. Effertz, Shaun J. Clare, Sarah M. Harkins and Robert S. Brueggeman, Washington State University, USA;
15.Breeding barley for durable resistance to net and spot forms of net blotch: Jerome D. Franckowiak, University of Minnesota, USA; and Gregory J. Platz, Hermitage Research Facility, Agri-Science Queensland, Australia;

Part 6 Fungal diseases of cereals: tan spot, blast and Ramularia
16.Tan spot disease under the lenses of plant pathologists: Reem Aboukhaddour and Mohamed Hafez, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; Stephen E. Strelkov, University of Alberta, Canada; and Myriam R. Fernandez, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
17.Towards an early warning system for wheat blast: epidemiological basis and model development: J. M. Fernandes, Embrapa Trigo, Brazil; E. M. Del Ponte and J. P. Ascari, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil; T. J. Krupnik, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Bangladesh; W. Pavan, Universidade de Passo Fundo and SensorOn – Estrada do Trigo, Brazil; F. Vargas, SensorOn – Estrada do Trigo, Brazil; and T. Berton, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brazil;
18.Investigating the biology of rice blast disease and prospects for durable resistance: Vincent M. Were and Nicholas J. Talbot, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, UK;
19.Ramularia leaf spot in barley: Neil Havis, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK;

Part 7 Barley yellow dwarf virus
20.Advances in understanding the biology and epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV): Douglas Lau, Embrapa Trigo, Brazil; Talita Bernardon Mar, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Fellow (CNPq) (Embrapa-CNPq), Brazil; Carlos Diego Ribeiro dos Santos, Postgraduate Program in Plant Science, Faculty of Agronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil; Eduardo Engel, Postgraduate Program in Entomology, University of São Paulo, Brazil; and Paulo Roberto do Valle da Silva Pereira, Embrapa Florestas, Brazil;
21.Resistance breeding in barley against Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV): avoiding negative impacts on anatomy and physiology: Torsten Will, Frank Ordon and Dragan Perovic, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany;

Part 8 Fungal diseases of cereals: Regional strategies
22.Key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals: North America: Christina Cowger, USDA-ARS, USA;
23.Achievements in breeding cereals with durable disease resistance in Northwest Europe: James K. M. Brown, John Innes Centre, UK;
24.Key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals: North Africa and West Asia: Sarrah Ben M’Barek, Regional Field Crops Research Center of Béja and CRP Wheat Septoria Phenotyping Platform, Tunisia; and Seyed Mahmoud Tabib Ghaffary, Safiabad Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center (AREEO), Iran;