Breeding and Genetics of FHB Resistant Soft Winter Wheat for the Northeastern U.S.

Project 1 - Genetics & Breeding of FHB Resistant Soft White & Red Winter Wheat for Northeast: 1) Develop FHB resistant soft wheat cultivars for the northeastern U.S; 2) Pyramid FHB resistance genes by hybridizing elite lines with native FHB resistance to new sources of FHB resistance both Asian and other sources; 3) Evaluate FHB resistant lines in New York regional trials for release, farmer recommendations, and seed increase; and 4) Participate in the coordinated sharing of information from the above activities to generate a comprehensive source of information that can be used in forward breeding strategies. Project 2 - Male Sterile Facilitated Recurrent Selection for FHB Resistance (MPI-5): The objective of this project is to advance male-sterile facilitated recurrent selection populations that have been developed to combine genes for FHB resistance from multiple sources in soft winter wheat backgrounds adapted to the eastern U.S. Project 3 - Coordinated Phenotyping of Uniform Nurseries and Official Variety Trials: Screen and Evaluate approx. 450 unique advanced breeding lines and released cultivars for FHB resistance. Project 4 - Implementing Genomic Selection for FHB Resistance in Soft Winter Wheat (SWW) Adapted to the Corn Belt: 1) to implement Genomic Selection (GS) for FHB resistance in soft winter wheat by completing two cycles of GS; and 2) initiate evaluation of the effectiveness of GS.