Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

, 38:227 | Cite as

The genetic basis of spectral reflectance indices in drought-stressed wheat

  • Mohamed Barakat
  • Salah El-Hendawy
  • Nasser Al-Suhaibani
  • Adel Elshafei
  • Abdullah Al-Doss
  • Ibrahim Al-Ashkar
  • Eid Ahmed
  • Khaled Al-Gaadi
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Abstract

Drought imposes a major constraint over the productivity of wheat, particularly in arid and semi-arid production zones. Here, the genetic basis of spectral reflectance indices was investigated in drought-stressed wheat by comparing, under two contrasting moisture regimes, the performance of an F6 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population bred from a cross between the drought tolerant cultivar Pavon76 and the sensitive cultivar Yecora Rojo. The parents and RILs were genotyped with respect to both a set of microsatellite (SSR) loci and a number of known drought-responsive genes. In all, 28 quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling dry weight per plant, water content of the above-ground biomass, leaf water potential, canopy temperature, and spectral reflectance indices traits were identified. The loci were distributed over 11 chromosomes, belonging to each of the three wheat sub-genomes. There were important location-flanking markers Barc109 and Barac4 on chromosome 5B relating to dry weight per plant accumulation under the limited irrigation regime. The same region-harbored QTL associated with leaf water potential, canopy temperature, and ratio index under the limited irrigation regime. Linkage between the known drought-responsive genes and aspects of the drought response was established. Some of QTL were of substantial enough effect for their linked markers to be likely usable for the marker-assisted breeding of drought tolerance in wheat.

Keywords

High throughput Quantitative trait loci Microsatellite Triticum aestivum 

Notes

Acknowledgments

This project was funded by the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Award Number 12-AGR2855-02.

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© Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków 2016

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mohamed Barakat
    • 1
    • 2
  • Salah El-Hendawy
    • 1
    • 3
  • Nasser Al-Suhaibani
    • 1
  • Adel Elshafei
    • 1
    • 4
  • Abdullah Al-Doss
    • 1
  • Ibrahim Al-Ashkar
    • 1
    • 5
  • Eid Ahmed
    • 1
  • Khaled Al-Gaadi
    • 1
  1. 1.Plant Production and Agricultural Engineering Departments, College of Food and Agriculture SciencesKing Saud UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
  2. 2.Crop Science Department, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of AlexandriaAlexandriaEgypt
  3. 3.Agronomy Department, Faculty of AgricultureSuez Canal UniversityIsmailiaEgypt
  4. 4.Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology DivisionNational Research CentreCairoEgypt
  5. 5.Agronomy Department, Faculty of AgricultureAl-Azhar UniversityCairoEgypt

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