Simultaneously improving Fusarium head blight(FHB)resistance and grain yield is challenging in wheat breeding.The correlations between spikelet compactness(SC),grain number per spike(GNS),thousandgrain weight(TGW)and ...Simultaneously improving Fusarium head blight(FHB)resistance and grain yield is challenging in wheat breeding.The correlations between spikelet compactness(SC),grain number per spike(GNS),thousandgrain weight(TGW)and FHB resistance remains unclear in common wheat.Identification of major quantitative trait loci(QTL)conferring FHB resistance and yield components,and development of breeder-friendly markers for the QTL are prerequisites for marker-assisted selection(MAS).Here,a recombinant inbred line(RIL)population derived from a cross between a resistant cultivar Yangmai 12(YM12)and a susceptible cultivar Yanzhan 1(YZ1)was used to map QTL for FHB resistance and yield components.A total of 22 QTL were identified;among these,six are likely to be new for corresponding traits.A QTL cluster(Qclu.yas-2D)for FHB type II resistance,SC,GNS,and TGW was detected on chromosome 2D.Breeder-friendly kompetitive allele-specific PCR(KASP)markers flanking the interval of Qclu.yas-2D were developed and validated in a diverse panel of 166 wheat cultivars and advanced lines.The YM12 alleles of Qclu.yas-2D significantly increased FHB resistance,SC,and GNS but decreased TGW in the validation population.The KASP markers developed for Qclu.yas-2D have great potential for breeding high-yielding wheat cultivars with enhanced FHB resistance.展开更多
Salt and saline-alkaline stress seriously threaten crop production and food security worldwide(Yang and Guo,2018).Identifying genes that confer tolerance to these conditions without yield penalty would help mitigate t...Salt and saline-alkaline stress seriously threaten crop production and food security worldwide(Yang and Guo,2018).Identifying genes that confer tolerance to these conditions without yield penalty would help mitigate this problem through molecular breeding(Liang et al.,2023;Sahu and Liu,2023).Although numerous stress-tolerance genes have been identified,their application potential in molecular breeding has rarely been confirmed through multi-year and multi-site field trials.展开更多
Dear Editor,Although simple sequence repeat(SSR)markers are not new,they are still useful and often used markers in molecular mapping and marker-assisted breeding,particularly in developing countries.However,locus-spe...Dear Editor,Although simple sequence repeat(SSR)markers are not new,they are still useful and often used markers in molecular mapping and marker-assisted breeding,particularly in developing countries.However,locus-specific SSR markers could be more useful and informative in wheat breeding and genetic studies.In the present study,221,911 locus-specific SSR markers were designed.Verification of polymorphisms showed that the proportion of polymorphic markers increases with an increase in SSR size.Evaluation of the展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901544,32071999)the National Key Research and Development Program of Jiangsu(BE2021335)+2 种基金the Core Provenance Project in Jiangsu(JBGS[2021]047)the Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Fund in Jiangsu(CX(20)3009)the Scientific Research Special Fund of Lixiahe Institute of Agricultural Sciences(SJ(21)101).
文摘Simultaneously improving Fusarium head blight(FHB)resistance and grain yield is challenging in wheat breeding.The correlations between spikelet compactness(SC),grain number per spike(GNS),thousandgrain weight(TGW)and FHB resistance remains unclear in common wheat.Identification of major quantitative trait loci(QTL)conferring FHB resistance and yield components,and development of breeder-friendly markers for the QTL are prerequisites for marker-assisted selection(MAS).Here,a recombinant inbred line(RIL)population derived from a cross between a resistant cultivar Yangmai 12(YM12)and a susceptible cultivar Yanzhan 1(YZ1)was used to map QTL for FHB resistance and yield components.A total of 22 QTL were identified;among these,six are likely to be new for corresponding traits.A QTL cluster(Qclu.yas-2D)for FHB type II resistance,SC,GNS,and TGW was detected on chromosome 2D.Breeder-friendly kompetitive allele-specific PCR(KASP)markers flanking the interval of Qclu.yas-2D were developed and validated in a diverse panel of 166 wheat cultivars and advanced lines.The YM12 alleles of Qclu.yas-2D significantly increased FHB resistance,SC,and GNS but decreased TGW in the validation population.The KASP markers developed for Qclu.yas-2D have great potential for breeding high-yielding wheat cultivars with enhanced FHB resistance.
基金supported by Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong(ZR202105200003)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870242)National Transgene Project(2020ZX08009-11B,2016ZX08002002-003)。
文摘Salt and saline-alkaline stress seriously threaten crop production and food security worldwide(Yang and Guo,2018).Identifying genes that confer tolerance to these conditions without yield penalty would help mitigate this problem through molecular breeding(Liang et al.,2023;Sahu and Liu,2023).Although numerous stress-tolerance genes have been identified,their application potential in molecular breeding has rarely been confirmed through multi-year and multi-site field trials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270704,31600997)the Yangzhou Key Research and Development Program(YZ2016035)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)
文摘Dear Editor,Although simple sequence repeat(SSR)markers are not new,they are still useful and often used markers in molecular mapping and marker-assisted breeding,particularly in developing countries.However,locus-specific SSR markers could be more useful and informative in wheat breeding and genetic studies.In the present study,221,911 locus-specific SSR markers were designed.Verification of polymorphisms showed that the proportion of polymorphic markers increases with an increase in SSR size.Evaluation of the
