Recent changes in the virulence patterns of Canadian barley pathogens
have necessitated the search for new sources of genetic resistance in
barley. Evaluation of 176 Turkish barley accessions for disease reacti
on to barley pathogens prevalent in Canada indicated that this germpla
sm is a good source of resistance to Septoria passerinii, Rhynchospori
um secalis and the spot-form of Pyrenophora teres, but not to Cochliob
olus sativus (spot blotch phase), Puccinia graminis tritici, Ustilago
nuda or barley stripe mosaic virus. A small number of accessions with
resistance to the net-form of P. teres were identified.