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Dormancy in white-grained wheat: Progress towards identification of genes and molecular markers

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Preharvest sprouting limits the consistent production of high quality wheat in many regions of the world. Improvements in tolerance from the introduction of better grain dormancy at, or near, harvest-ripeness would be expected to have a significant impact on the incidence and severity of sprouting. Genetic and molecular investigations have provided new evidence for the presence of dormancy genes on chromosome 3D of white-grained genotypes AUS1408 and N72.72 (T. sphaerococcumderivative), and identified a potential molecular marker for one of the dormancy genes in AUS1408. Analysis of a doubled haploid population derived from Cranbrook (extremely non-dormant, very susceptible to sprouting) × Halberd (intermediate dormancy, moderately tolerant to preharvest sprouting) identified three significant quantitative trait loci on chromosome arms 2AL, 2DL, and 4AL, all contributed by the very susceptible parent.

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  1. Department of Plant Science, Adelaide University, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia

    Daryl Mares & Kolumbina Mrva

  2. Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Agriculture, Private Mail Bag 8, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia

    Mui-Keng Tan

  3. Quality Wheat CRC Ltd., Locked Bag 1345, PO North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia

    Mui-Keng Tan & Peter Sharp

  4. Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Private Mail Bag 11, Camden, NSW, 2570, Australia

    Peter Sharp

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Mares, D., Mrva, K., Tan, MK. et al. Dormancy in white-grained wheat: Progress towards identification of genes and molecular markers. Euphytica 126, 47–53 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019619605518

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