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

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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.

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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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  1. Plant Production and Agricultural Engineering Departments, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

  2. Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, P.O. Box 21545, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mohamed Barakat

  3. Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

    Salah El-Hendawy

  4. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Centre, El-Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Cairo, Egypt

    Adel Elshafei

  5. Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ibrahim Al-Ashkar

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Barakat, M., El-Hendawy, S., Al-Suhaibani, N. et al. The genetic basis of spectral reflectance indices in drought-stressed wheat. Acta Physiol Plant 38, 227 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-016-2249-9

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