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Advanced backcross QTL analysis in progenies derived from a cross between a German elite winter wheat variety and a synthetic wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

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We report here the second advanced backcross quantitative trait locus (AB-QTL) analysis carried out in winter wheat. Seven agronomic traits were studied in a BC2F1population derived from a cross between the German winter wheat variety Flair and the synthetic wheat line XX86 developed in Japan. We selected 111 BC2F1 lines and genotyped these with 197 microsatellite markers. Field data for seven agronomic traits were collected from corresponding BC2F3 families that were grown at up to six locations in Germany. QTL analyses for yield and yield components were performed using single-marker regression and interval mapping. A total of 57 putative QTLs derived from XX86 were detected, of which 24 (42.1%) were found to have a positive effect from the synthetic wheat XX86. These favourable QTLs were mainly associated with thousand-grain weight and grain weight per ear. Many QTLs for correlated traits were mapped in similar chromosomal regions. The AB-QTL data obtained in the present study are discussed and compared with results from previous QTL analyses.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank E. Ebmeyer at Lochow-Petkus GmbH, H. Cöster at Monsanto Agrar Deutschland GmbH, T. Hammann at Saatzucht Hadmersleben GmbH and R. Schachschneider at Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH for the field experiments and evaluations described in this study; J. Schondelmaier at Saaten-Union Resistenzlabor GmbH for the coordination of this project; and A. Heber for excellent technical assistance. This research was supported by a grant from Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF). [Das Forschungsvorhaben (AiF-Nr. 12572 BR) wurde aus Haushaltsmitteln des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA) über die Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen “Otto von Guericke” e.V. (AiF) gefördert.]

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  1. Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany

    X. Q. Huang & M. S. Röder

  2. Saatzucht H. Schweiger GbR, Feldkirchen 3, 85368, Moosburg, Germany

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  3. TraitGenetics GmbH, Am Schwabeplan 1b, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany

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Huang, X.Q., Kempf, H., Ganal, M.W. et al. Advanced backcross QTL analysis in progenies derived from a cross between a German elite winter wheat variety and a synthetic wheat (Triticum aestivumL.). Theor Appl Genet 109, 933–943 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-004-1708-7

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