Resistance varieties to powdery mildew through three wheat breeding cycles

Abstract

Twenty-four cultivars of winter wheat, representing most of the cultivars released in Serbia from 1955 to 2006, were used in the study. Wheat breeding was carried out through three cycles: first 1955-1962 (Banatka, Bankut 1205, San Pastore, Bezostaja 1, Libellula), second 1970-1990 (Zlatna dolina, Sava, Partizanka, Novosadska rana 2, Kragujevacka 56, Balkan, Yugoslavia, Skopljanka, Lasta, Evropa 90, Pobeda) and third 1992-2006 (Novosadska rana 5, Renesansa, Pesma, Ljiljana, Cipovka, Dragana, Simonida, NS 405). The study was carried out at the experimental field of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia.