Pea ( Pisum sativum L.) plays a central role for achieving the goal of increased self-sufficiency of plant-based protein for food and feed in Norway. This study characterized 36 pea genotypes of mainly Nordic and eastern European origin grown in a multi-environment field trial in Norway for various agronomic traits including grain and protein yield. The same accessions were also genotyped with a single nucleotide polymorphism...

Potato is an important part of the traditional Norwegian diet, and the crop faces several challenges with respect to pests and diseases, as well as the increasingly challenging changes in climate. Genome editing may provide tools to improve the resilience of Norwegian potato cultivars to new climate challenges. We have altered the skin colour of two potato cultivars, ‘Desirée’ and ‘Nansen’ from red to yellow, as a proof-of-con...

Key message A major yellow rust resistance QTL, QYr.nmbu.6A , contributed consistent adult plant resistance in field trials across Europe, China, Kenya and Mexico. Abstract Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici , causing wheat yellow rust (YR), is one of the most devastating biotrophic pathogens affecting global wheat yields. Owing to the recent epidemic of the PstS10 race group in Europe, yellow rust has become a reoccurring di...

Key message This study identified a significant number of QTL that are associated with FHB disease resistance in NMBU spring wheat panel by conducting genome-wide association study. Abstract Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a widely known devastating disease of wheat caused by Fusarium graminearum and other Fusarium species. FHB resistance is quantitative, highly complex and divided into several resistance types. Quantitative tra...

Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of four Multi-parent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC) populations identified nine regions on chromosomes 1H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H and 7H associated with resistance against barley scald disease. Three of these regions are putatively novel resistance Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL). Barley scald is caused by Rhynchosporium commune , one of the most important barley leaf diseases that are pre...