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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Contents Vol 60(5)

Identification of anthracnose resistance in Lupinus albus L. and its transfer from landraces to modern cultivars

K. N. Adhikari A B , B. J. Buirchell A , G. J. Thomas A , M. W. Sweetingham A and H. Yang A
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A Department of Agriculture and Food, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia; and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: kadhikari@agric.wa.gov.au

Crop and Pasture Science 60(5) 472-479 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP08092
Submitted: 10 March 2008  Accepted: 6 February 2009   Published: 14 May 2009

Abstract

Anthracnose is a major disease of lupins in Western Australia (WA). The disease wiped out the WA albus lupin industry in 1996 and since then, anthracnose resistance has been a major focus for WA lupin breeding. In an endeavour to find a source of resistance to anthracnose, all available germplasm in WA was screened against anthracnose in New Zealand over the summer of 1997 and 1998, and resistance was identified in Ethiopian landraces. The resistance was present in many Ethiopian landraces within a close geographical distribution, suggesting a similar genetic basis of resistance. Crosses were made between the resistant landraces and agronomically superior lines. The progeny were tested for anthracnose resistance, yield, seed quality, and other agronomic characters. The most superior line, Andromeda, was released for commercial production in WA. It was developed from an F3-derived single-plant selection of a cross between an anthracnose-resistant landrace P27175 from Ethiopia and a well adapted but highly susceptible WA breeding line 89B10A-14. Andromeda has a significantly higher level of resistance to anthracnose than the previous cv. Kiev Mutant and is recommended in the medium- to low-rainfall area of the northern wheatbelt of WA. Further breeding effort has resulted in significant improvement in the level of resistance within the WA breeding program, and early generation lines are more resistant than advanced lines. The best resistant lines are, however, in a late flowering background and only an incremental improvement has been achieved in combining early flowering with anthracnose resistance, which seems to be a complex process.

Additional keywords: early flowering, resistance breeding, Colletotrichum lupini.


Acknowledgments

We are thankful to the Council of Grain Grower Organisations, Grains Research and Development Corporation, and the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia for funding this research. Technical assistance from Cliff Staples, Leigh Smith, Colin Smith, Ken Adcock, David Robinson, Michelle Priestley, Andy Sutherland, Darren Wilkinson, and Simon Rogers is highly appreciated.


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