Table 2 The gene–marker association for disease resistance in different crops

Wheat

Leaf rust (Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici)

Lr34 from T. aestivum

SSR

[37]

Lr 35 from T. speltoides

STS and CAPS

[38]

Stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici)

Sr31

STS

[39]

Yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici)

Yr15

RAPD and SSR

[40]

Rice

Rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae)

Pi5(t)

CAPS

[41]

Gall midge (Orseolia oryzae)

Gm7

SA598 SCAR

[42]

Maize

Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV)

Scm1 and Scm2

SCAR and CAPS

[43]

Barley

Barley yellow mosaic virus

rym4/rym5

SSR

[44, 45]

Leaf rust (Puccinia hordei)

Rph7

CAPS

[46]