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A major QTL for resistance against Fusarium head blight in European winter wheat

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We report on the verification of a resistance quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 1BL (now designated Qfhs.lfl-1BL) which had been previously identified in the winter wheat cultivar Cansas. For a more precise estimation of the QTL effect and its influence on plant height and heading date lines with a more homogeneous genetic background were created and evaluated in four environments after spray inoculation with Fusarium culmorum. Qfhs.lfl-1BL reduced FHB severity by 42% relative to lines without the resistance allele. This QTL did not influence plant height, but significantly delayed heading date by one day. All of the most resistant genotypes of the verification population carried this major QTL displaying its importance for disease resistance. This resistance QTL has not only been found in the cultivar Cansas, but also in the three European winter wheat cultivars Biscay, History and Pirat. A subsequent meta-analysis confirmed the presence of a single QTL on the long arm of chromosome 1B originating from the four mentioned cultivars. Altogether, the results of the present study indicate that Qfhs.lfl-1BL is an important component of FHB resistance in European winter wheat and support the view that this QTL would be effective and valuable in backcross breeding programmes.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank P. Greim, E. Madge-Pimentel, S. Schmidt and the staff of the departments of Biotechnology and Wheat Breeding of the Bavarian State Research Centre for excellent technical assistance. We also thank W. von Borries-Eckendorf GmbH & Co KG (Leopoldshöhe, Germany) and Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (Leutewitz, Germany) for performing the field trials, and especially A. Jacobi and B. Schlieter for evaluating the population in the field trials in Leopoldshöhe and Leutewitz. We thank Volker Mohler for critically reading the manuscript. This project was part of the GABI-Canada (CGAT) cooperative project: reducing Fusarium toxins in wheat through genomics (Subproject C no. 0313711C), which was funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research.

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Häberle, J., Holzapfel, J., Schweizer, G. et al. A major QTL for resistance against Fusarium head blight in European winter wheat. Theor Appl Genet 119, 325–332 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-009-1041-2

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