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High density genetic mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in tetraploid wheat
PloS ONE
  • Ehsan Sari, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Samia Berraies, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Ron E. Knox, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Asheesh K. Singh, Iowa State University
  • Yuefeng Ruan, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Richard D. Cuthbert, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Curtis J. Pozniak, University of Saskatchewan
  • Maria Antonia Henriquez, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Santosh Kumar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Andrew J. Burt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Amidou N'Diaye, University of Saskatchewan
  • David J. Konkin, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Centre
  • Adrian L. Cabral, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Centre
  • Heather L. Campbell, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Krystalee Wiebe, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Janet Condie, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Centre
  • Prabhath Lokuruge, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Brad Meyer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • George Fedak, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • John M. Clarke, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Daryl J. Somers, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
  • Perre R. Fobert, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Centre
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
10-11-2018
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0204362
Abstract

Breeding for Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in durum wheat is complicated by the quantitative trait expression and narrow genetic diversity of available resources. High-density mapping of the FHB resistance quantitative trait loci (QTL), evaluation of their co-localization with plant height and maturity QTL and the interaction among the identified QTL are the objectives of this study. Two doubled haploid (DH) populations, one developed from crosses between Triticum turgidum ssp. durum lines DT707 and DT696 and the other between T. turgidum ssp. durum cv. Strongfield and T. turgidum ssp. carthlicum cv. Blackbird were genotyped using the 90K Infinium iSelect chip and evaluated phenotypically at multiple field FHB nurseries over years. A moderate broad-sense heritability indicated a genotype-by-environment interaction for the expression of FHB resistance in both populations. Resistance QTL were identified for the DT707 × DT696 population on chromosomes 1B, 2B, 5A (two loci) and 7A and for the Strongfield × Blackbird population on chromosomes 1A, 2A, 2B, 3A, 6A, 6B and 7B with the QTL on chromosome 1A and those on chromosome 5A being more consistently expressed over environments. FHB resistance co-located with plant height and maturity QTL on chromosome 5A and with a maturity QTL on chromosome 7A for the DT707 × DT696 population. Resistance also co-located with plant height QTL on chromosomes 2A and 3A and with maturity QTL on chromosomes 1A and 7B for the Strongfield × Blackbird population. Additive × additive interactions were identified, for example between the two FHB resistance QTL on chromosome 5A for the DT707 × DT696 population and the FHB resistance QTL on chromosomes 1A and 7B for the Strongfield × Blackbird population. Application of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphic (SNP) markers associated with FHB resistance QTL identified in this study will accelerate combining genes from the two populations.

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This article is published as Sari E, Berraies S, Knox RE, Singh AK, Ruan Y, Cuthbert RD, et al. (2018) High density genetic mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in tetraploid wheat. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0204362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204362.

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Ehsan Sari, Samia Berraies, Ron E. Knox, Asheesh K. Singh, et al.. "High density genetic mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in tetraploid wheat" PloS ONE Vol. 13 Iss. 10 (2018) p. e0204362
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/asheesh-singh/37/