Evaluation of Australian Native Species of Glycine for Resistance to Soybean Rust. J. J. Burdon, Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow, CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra City, 2601, A.C.T., Australia. D. R. Marshall, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra City, 2601, A.C.T., Australia. Plant Dis. 65:44-45. Copyright 1981 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-65-44.

Extensive screening of six Australian native species of Glycine uncovered variation in reaction to Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of leaf rust of soybeans. Some of these native species represent a potentially valuable source of resistance genes for soybean rust resistance breeding programs.