This research aimed to evaluate 58 barley cultivars for resistance to net blotch caused by Drechslera teres and to determine the variability of isolates of the pathogen and frequency of symptoms of the disease. The cultivar reaction was estimated with aid of a 0 to 4 scale, in which zero represented the absence of symptom and 4 the typical symptoms of disease susceptibility. The same method was used to determine de pathogenic variability of isolates originated from the Southern Brazil. Six isolates of good sporulation capacity were used for comparison of number of lesions and disease severity. The cultivars showed differences in reaction to net blotch, and the cultivars BR 2, EMBRAPA 43 and PFC 8590 were identified as sources of moderate resistance to the disease. Test of 25 isolates of D. teres inoculated in concentration of 1.7x10(4) conidia/mL, evidenced significant differences among isolates regarding their virulence. Differentiated virulence patterns of isolates originated from different locations of the South of Brazil were identified by using the Limpert & Müller nomenclature system. The lesion number and severity of the disease were closely related to isolate local of origin.
Hordeum vulgare; disease resistance; genetic variation; virulence
