Ug99

Ug99 is a lineage of wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), which is present in wheat fields in several countries in Africa and the Middle East and is predicted to spread rapidly through these regions and possibly further afield, potentially causing a wheat production disaster that would affect food security worldwide.[1] It can cause up to 100% crop losses and is virulent against many resistance genes which have previously protected wheat against stem rust.

Puccinia graminis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Subclass:
Incertae sedis
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Pucciniaceae
Genus:
Puccinia
Species:
P. graminis
Subspecies:
P. graminis tritici
Variety:
Ug99

Although Ug99-resistant varieties of wheat do exist, a screen of 200,000 wheat varieties used in 22 African and Asian countries found that only 5-10% of the area of wheat grown in these countries consisted of varieties with adequate resistance.[1]

The original race of Ug99, which is designated as 'TTKSK' under the North American nomenclature system, was first detected in Uganda in 1998[2] and first characterised in 1999[2] (hence the name Ug99) and has since been detected in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen, Iran, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa,[3] and Egypt. There are now 13 known races of Ug99.[4] They are all closely related and are believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, but differ in their virulence/avirulence profiles and the countries in which they have been detected.[1]

Genetics

Ug99 is the product of a type of somatic nuclear exchange event which has not been observed in other stem rust races.[5] During this event and thereafter the nuclei have not experienced recombination.[5]

Gene resistance

Ug99 and its variants differ from other strains of the Black Stem Rust (BSR) pathogen due to their ability to overcome resistance genes in wheat that have been durable against the BSR pathogen for decades.[6] These resistant Sr genes, of which 50 are known, give wheat different resistances to stem rust.[2] The virulence in Uganda was virulent against Sr31 and is specific to Ug99.[2] The massive losses of wheat that have occurred have been devastating, but in recent years the wheat rust epidemic has been effectively controlled through selection and breeding for additional Sr genes.[2] United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers are testing genes to determine their Ug99 resistance, which will ultimately aid in the development of wheat varieties that will be able to fight off the rust. USDA researchers have stated that resistance has been identified in spring wheat land races and that they are now studying winter wheat land races where resistance is more probable. Due to the fact that the screening of the winter races is more challenging, results from the studies are not expected for another five to seven years. In addition to the research being conducted by the USDA, The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), along with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced in February 2011 that they will be granting $40 million to a global project led by Cornell University to combat virulent strains of Ug99.[7] The five-year grant to the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat (DRRW) project will support attempts to identify new resistance genes as well as reproduce and distribute rust resistant wheat seeds to farmers.[7]

There has been a continuous process of development of new resistant cultivars and failure of those cultivars. This demonstrates the need for continuous improvement.[8]

Races

There are 13 races of Ug99, which (under the North American nomenclature system) have the designations TTKSK, TTKSF, TTKST, TTTSK, TTKSP, PTKSK, PTKST, TTKSF+,[3] TTKTT, TTKTK, TTHSK, PTKTK, and TTHST.[4] They are all closely related and are believed to have evolved from a common ancestor.[1]

TTKSK

Also known as PTKS.[9] The first Ug99 race to be characterised.[10][9] Like most Ug99 races, and unlike other stem rust varieties, it is virulent against the Sr gene Sr31;[10][9] also virulent against Sr38.[9] Avirulent against Sr24.[10][9] It was found in Uganda[9] in 1999, Kenya[10] in 2001,[4] Ethiopia in 2003,[4] Sudan and Yemen in 2006,[4] Iran in 2007,[4] and Tanzania[1] in 2009,[4] Eritrea in 2012,[4] and Rwanda and Egypt in 2014.[4]

Sr14 does not protect seedlings against TTKSK[11] but does provide moderate resistance at later stages.[11]

TTKSF

First detected in South Africa in 2000,[4] Zimbabwe 2009,[4] and Uganda in 2012.[4]

TTKST

Discovered in Kenya in 2006[10] was the first Ug99 race found to be virulent against Sr gene Sr24.[1][10] TTKST is now the predominant stem rust race in Kenya.[1]

Sr14 is effective against TTKST.[11]

TTTSK

First detected in Kenya in 2007,[4] Tanzania in 2009,[4] Ethiopia in 2010,[4] Uganda in 2012,[4] and Rwanda in 2014.[4]

TTKSP

First detected in South Africa in 2007.[4]

PTKSK

First detected in Ethiopia in 2007,[4] Kenya in 2009,[4] Yemen in 2009,[4] and South Africa in 2017.[4][12]

PTKST

First detected in Ethiopia in 2007,[4] Kenya in 2008,[4] South Africa in 2009,[4] Eritrea and Mozambique and Zimbabwe in 2010.[4]

TTKSF+

First detected in both South Africa and Zimbabwe in 2010.[4] Virulent against Sr9h.[13][14][15]

TTKTT

First detected in Kenya in 2014.[4]

TTKTK

First detected in Kenya,[4][16] Rwanda,[4][16] Uganda,[4][16] Eritrea,[4] and Egypt[4][16] in 2014.

TTHSK

First detected in Kenya in 2014.[17] Differs from the original (TTKSK) by avirulence against Sr30.[17] Similar to TTHST.[17]

PTKTK

First detected in Kenya in 2014.[17] Differs from PTKSK by virulence against SrTmp.[17] Differs from TTKTK by avirulence against Sr21.[17]

TTHST

First detected in Kenya in 2013.[4]

Timeline

1993

There is some evidence that race TTKSK may have been present in Kenya.[18]

1998

Severe stem rust infections observed in Uganda. Ug99 identified, characterised as having virulence on Sr31 and named.[18]

2000

TTKSF detected in South Africa.[1]

2001

TTKSK detected in Kenya.[1]

2003

TTKSK detected in Ethiopia.[1]

2006

TTKSK detected in Sudan and Yemen.[18]
TTKST, a new variant of Ug99 with virulence to Sr24, detected in Kenya.[18]

2007

TTTSK detected in Kenya.[1]
TTKSP detected in South Africa.[1]
PTKSK detected in Ethiopia.[1]
PTKST detected in Ethiopia.[1]

2008

FAO announced the presence of Ug99 in Iran.[1]
PTKST detected in Kenya.[1]

2009

TTKSK detected in Tanzania.[1]
TTKST detected in Tanzania.[1]
TTTSK detected in Tanzania.[1]
TTKSF detected in Zimbabwe.[1]
PTKSK detected in Kenya.[1]
PTKST detected in South Africa.[1]

2010

TTKST detected in Eritrea.[3]
PTKST detected in Eritrea.[3]
PTKST detected in Mozambique.[3]
PTKST detected in Zimbabwe.[3]
TTKSF+ detected in South Africa.[3]
TTKSF+ detected in Zimbabwe.[3]

2013

TTHST confirmed in Kenya[4]

2014

TTKTK confirmed in Egypt,[19] Kenya, Eritrea, Rwanda, and Uganda.[4]
TTHSK confirmed in Kenya[4][17]
PTKTK confirmed in Kenya[4][17]
TTKTT confirmed in Kenya.[17]
TTKST detected in Egypt.[19]
TTKSK detected in Egypt.[19]

Geographic spread

China

Although Ug99 has not yet reached China,[20] other stem rust races already have,[20] and an effort is under way to marry resistance against present races with future needs for resistance against Ug99 whenever it arrives.[20]

Lebanon

Although Sr5, Sr21, Sr9e, Sr7b, Sr11, Sr6, Sr8a, Sr9g, Sr9b, Sr30, Sr17, Sr9a, Sr9d, Sr10, SrTmp, Sr38, and SrMcN are no longer effective in Lebanon, Sr11, Sr24, and Sr31 still are which is diagnostic for the absence of Ug99 from Lebanon.[21]

See also

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