In Ethiopia, an average wheat productivity increased to 3.05 t/ha in 2020/2021. Wheat production is constrained by rust diseases especially; leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) is one of the most damaging rust diseases of wheat at different epidemics history. The aim of this survey is to show the economic importance of wheat leaf rust on cultivated wheat cultivars at Hadiya zone. Wheat leaf rust surveys were carried out in the main three key wheat growing districts of Hadiya zone. A total of 40 fields were assessed. Wheat leaf rust is found less effective at low altitude. When breeding of wheat for better yield at high altitude land is conducted, the breeder has to consider for resistance of varieties of wheat leaf rust. Wheat breeding and pathology program must be considered as major diseases impacting on the yield loss as other wheat diseases.

leaf rust, distribution, severity, incidence, Lemo, Misha, Duna.

Received: April 23, 2022; Revised: May 7, 2022; Accepted: May 12, 2022; Published: June 4, 2022

How to cite this article: A. Zewde Asnakew, Information about the occurrence of wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) at Lemo, Misha and Duna districts of Hadiya zone; Ethiopia, Advances and Applications in Biological Sciences 1 (2022), 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/ABS2022001

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