(Green et al., 1960) (Plate 3-9)
Synonym
SrKb1 (Athwal and Watson, 1954).
Low Infection Type
1+ to 3. 2 (DR Knott, pers. comm. 1993).
Environmental Variability
Low (Roelfs and McVey, 1979).
Origin
Common wheat. Sr9b was first found in certain Kenyan wheats (Knott and Anderson, 1956). Its presence in the Brazilian cultivar Frontana must derive from Fronteira whose pedigree is Polysu/Alfredo Chaves 6 (Zeven and Zeven-Hissink, 1976).
Pathogenic Variability
Wheats with Sr9b produce differential responses to P. graminis in most geographic areas (Luig, 1983). In the survey of Huerta-Espino (1992) frequencies of virulence for Sr9b were generally high.
Reference Stocks
i: Kenya 117A/6*Marquis, W2402 (Green et al., 1960; Watson and Luig, 1963); Kenya 117A/10*Marquis (Knott, 1965): Sr9b/10*LMPG (Knott, 1990).
s: Chinese Spring*7/Kenya Farmer 2B (McIntosh and Luig, 1973a).
v: Gamenya (Luig, 1983).
Source Stocks
Sr9b occurs in many wheats, especially those of Kenyan origin (see Luig, 1983; McIntosh, 1988a).
Africa: Romany Sr5 Sr6 Sr7a Sr30. Bonza 63 Sr6 Sr8a. Kenya 117A Sr7a Sr10. Kenya Farmer Sr7a Sr10 Sr11. Kenya W744 Sr15.
Australia: Gamenya. Aroona Sr5 Sr8a Sr15; Warigal Sr5 Sr8a Sr15. Egret Sr8a Sr12.
CIMMYT: Penjamo 62 Sr5 Sr6 Sr8a. Pitic 62 Sr8a. Nainari 60 Sr11.
South America: Frontana Sr8a; Rio Negro Sr8a.
USA: Atlas 66 Sr10. Lancota Sr10 Sr17.
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Use in Agriculture
Sr9b is relatively common in spring wheats because the gene has been effective in many countries. In Frontana and many of its relatives, Sr9b is linked with Lr13. The presence of Sr9b in some wheats probably resulted from selection for leaf rust resistance.