“…In order to improve resistance, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) had been crossed with its related genera (Jiang et al 1993), such as Aegilops, Elytrigia, Secale, Haynaldia, and related species of Triticum, for instance, T. boeoticum, T. dicoccoides, T. carthlicum and T. timopheevii, which represent a reservoir of genes for resistance to multiple diseases. Intergeneric and interspecific crosses have resulted in the transfer of desirable fungal resistance into wheat; for example, powdery mildew resistance genes, Pm7, Pm8, Pm17, and Pm20 originated from Secale (McIntosh et al 2011); Pm12, Pm13, Pm19, Pm29, Pm32, Pm34, and Pm35 originated from Aegilops (Miranda et al 2007); Pm21 originated from Haynaldia (Cao et al 2011); Pm40 and Pm43 originated from Elytrigia (He et al 2009); Pm4b and Pm33 originated from T. carthlicum (Zhu et al 2005); Pm25 originated from T. boeoticum (Shi et al 1998); and Pm6, Pm27, and Pm37 originated from T. timopheevii (Perugini et al 2008). All provide race-specific resistance to powdery mildew.…”