Infection of Brachypodium distachyon with Selected Grass Rust Pathogens
The model temperate grass Brachypodium distachyon is considered a nonhost for wheat rust diseases caused by Puccinia graminis f.sp.tritici, P.triticina, and P.striiformis.Up to 140 Brachypodium accessions were infected with these three rust species, in addition to P.graminis ff.spp.avena and phalaridis.Related B.distachyon lines showed similar cyto