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Grain hardness is one of the most important characteristics of wheat quality. Soft endosperm is associated with the presence of two proteins in the wild form, puroindoline a and b. The puroindoline genes and their derived proteins are present in the putative wheat diploid ancestors which are thought to be the donors of the A, B and D genomes in common and durum wheat. In this study, we investigated the variability of grain hardness in einkorn, along with the nucleotide diversity of Pina and Pinb genes in a collection of einkorn wheat and T. urartu, in addition to studying the neutrality and linkage disequilibrium of these genes. Various alleles were detected for Pina and Pinb genes including three novel alleles for the Pinb locus: Pinb-A m 1i, Pinb-A m 1j and Pinb-A m 1k. Some differences were found in grain hardness between the different genotypes. The neutrality test showed a different pattern of variation between the two Pin genes. The genetic analysis of a diploid wheat collection has demonstrated that these species are a potential source of novel puroindoline variants. Our data suggest that, although further studies must be carried out, these variants could be used to expand the range of grain texture in durum and common wheat, which would permit the development of new materials adapted to novel uses in the baking and pasta industry.
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This research was supported by grant AGL2007-65685-C02-02 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) from the European Union. The first author thanks to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (FPU programme) for a predoctoral fellowship. The technical assistance of Ana Moral is highly appreciated.
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Guzmán, C., Caballero, L., Martín, M.A. et al. Molecular characterization and diversity of the Pina and Pinb genes in cultivated and wild diploid wheat. Mol Breeding 30, 69–78 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-011-9599-1
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