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QTL mapping for grain filling rate and yield-related traits in RILs of the Chinese winter wheat population Heshangmai × Yu8679

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A set of 142 winter wheat recombinant inbred lines (RILs) deriving from the cross Heshangmai × Yu8679 were tried in four ecological environments during the seasons 2006 and 2007. Nine agronomic traits comprising mean grain filling rate (GFRmean), maximum grain filling rate (GFRmax), grain filling duration (GFD), grain number per ear (GNE), grain weight per ear (GWE), flowering time (FT), maturation time (MT), plant height (PHT) and thousand grain weight (TGW) were evaluated in Beijing (2006 and 2007), Chengdu (2007) and Hefei (2007). A genetic map comprising 173 SSR markers and two EST markers was generated. Based on the genetic map and phenotypic data, quantitative trait loci (QTL) were mapped for these agronomic traits. A total of 99 putative QTLs were identified for the nine traits over four environments except GFD, PHT and MT, measured in two environments (BJ07 and CD07), respectively. Of the QTL detected, 17 for GFRmean, 16 for GFRmax, 21 for TGW and 10 for GWE involving the chromosomes 1A, 1B, 2A, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3D, 4A, 4D, 5A, 5B, 6D and 7D were identified. Moreover, 13 genomic regions showing pleiotropic effects were detected in chromosomes 1A, 1B, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A, 3B, 4B, 4D, 5B, 6D and 7D; these QTL revealing pleiotropic effects may be informative for a better understanding of the genetic basis of grain filling rate and other yield-related traits, and represent potential targets for multi-trait marker aided selection in wheat.

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Abbreviations

CIM:

Composite interval mapping

IMTI:

International triticeae mapping initiative

MAS:

Marker aided selection

GFRmean :

Mean grain filling rate

GFRmax :

Maximum grain filling rate

GFD:

Grain filling duration

GNE:

Grain numbers per ear

GWE:

Grain weight per ear

FT:

Flowering time

MT:

Maturation time

PHT:

Plant height

TGW:

Thousand grain weight

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

RILs:

Recombinant inbred lines

SSR:

Simple sequence repeat

EST:

Expressed sequence tag

Y8679:

Yu8679

HSM:

Heshangmai

BJ:

Beijing

CD:

Chengdu

HF:

Hefei

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the research project 06-02-03B granted by Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. We would like to thank researchers Zhonghu He and Xianchun Xia (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) for providing the SSR markers. We are grateful to researcher Ling Wu (Sichuan Province Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and researcher Rui Wang (Anhui Province Academy of Agricultural Sciences) for field evaluations in Chengdu and Hefei, respectively. We thank Dr. Carola Wagner (Department of Plant Breeding, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany) for improving the English language of the manuscript.

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Wang, R.X., Hai, L., Zhang, X.Y. et al. QTL mapping for grain filling rate and yield-related traits in RILs of the Chinese winter wheat population Heshangmai × Yu8679. Theor Appl Genet 118, 313–325 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-008-0901-5

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