A breeding method of improving
powdery mildew resistance of weak
gluten wheat Ningmai-9 by utilization of
backcrossing is disclosed. According to the method, the Ningmai-9 with high excellent-character combining ability and high genetic transmitting ability is adopted as a recurrent parent, Yangmai-10 carrying a
powdery mildew resistant Pm4a
gene is adopted as a nonrecurrent parent, and through hybridization and limited
backcrossing assisted by generation selection of
powdery mildew resistance, agronomic characters and quality characters, Ning0556, Ning0564, Ning0569, and the like which are new wheat strains with good yielding ability and high powdery
mildew resistance are bred. Through identification of yielding ability, adaptability,
disease resistance, quality, and other characters, the Ning0569 is the most prominent. The Ning0569 is subjected to wheat
pilot experiments of the national middle and lower Yangtze river
winter wheat group and the Jiangsu province Huainan group respectively, ranks the first of the two groups with respect to yield, and is named as Ningmai-18 by Jiangsu province and the national approval. The Ningmai-18 has advantages of
high resistance to powdery
mildew and high acre yield, and is suitable for popularization and application.