255Table 10.1Selected examples of recent advances in the characterization, and exploitation ofAe. tauschii, SHW and SYN-DERGroupTraitGermplasmGenotypingPhenotypingSummaryReferenceBiotic stressesStem rust456Ae. tauschii
accessionsUG-99 races12 accessions resistant to all Ug99 racesRouse et al. (2011)Stem rust267Ae. tauschii
accessionsSeedling239 resistant to local Sr racesVikas et al. (2014)Yellow rustSHWSNP 9KSeedling, adult (2 locations)Nine genomic regions identifiedZegeye et al. (2014)Pest resistanceSHWDArTField trials26 QTLs identified for resistanceto five major pests.Joukhadar et al. (2013)Pest resistance SHWField trials15 resistant to Hessian fly, 1resistant to Russian wheat aphid, and 21 resistant to Sunn pestEl Bouhssini et al. (2013)Leaf rust267Ae. tauschii
accessionsSeedlingAll resistant to localLrracesVikas et al. (2014)Bird cherry- oat aphid and green bugSYN-DER RILsGBSEvaluations for resistanceQTL on 2DLCrespo-Herrera et al. (^2014)Spot blotchSYN1xOcoroni86GBS and SSRs Two years fieldscreening3 QTLs identified on 1B, 3B and5A contributed by SYN1Zhu et al. (2014)YieldTKW231 SHWDArTGrain size and weight31 loci identified for grain size,weight and shapeRasheed et al. (2014)TKW, GS4 SYN-DER F2 populationsDArTGrain size and weight18 QTLs for grain size and shape identifiedOkamoto et al. (2013)YieldSYN-DERField trialsSYN-DER cultivars prove superior to bread wheat cultivarsTang et al. (2014)Wax210Ae. tauschiiand3 SYN-DER mapping populationsGenotyping Iw2locusNishijima et al. (2014)(continued)10 Aegilops tauschii Introgressions in Wheat