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Genetic dissection of yield-related traits in a recombinant inbred line population created using a key breeding parent in China’s wheat breeding

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Understanding the genetics underlying yield formation of wheat is important for increasing wheat yield potential in breeding programs. Nanda2419 was a widely used cultivar for wheat production and breeding in China. In this study, we evaluated yield components and a few yield-related traits of a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population created by crossing Nanda2419 with the indigenous cultivar Wangshuibai in three to four trials at different geographical locations. Negative and positive correlations were found among some of these evaluated traits. Five traits had over 50 % trial-wide broad sense heritability. Using a framework marker map of the genome constructed with this population, quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified for all traits, and epistatic loci were identified for seven of them. Our results confirmed some of the previously reported QTLs in wheat and identified several new ones, including QSn.nau-6D for effective tillers, QGn.nau-4B.2 for kernel number, QGw.nau-4D for kernel weight, QPh.nau-4B.2 and QPh.nau-4A for plant height, and QFlw.nau-5A.1 for flag leaf width. In the investigated population, Nanda2419 contributed all QTLs associated with higher kernel weight, higher leaf chlorophyll content, and a major QTL associated with wider flag leaf. Seven chromosome regions were related to more than one trait. Four QTL clusters contributed positively to breeding goal-based trait improvement through the Nanda2419 alleles and were detected in trials set in different ecological regions. The findings of this study are relevant to the molecular improvement of wheat yield and to the goal of screening cultivars for better breeding parents.

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This study was partially supported by ‘973’ program (2011CB100100, 2006CB101700), ‘863’ program (2012AA101105), NSFC programs (30025030, 30721140555), Seed Funds for the Central Universities (2012), ‘111’ project B08025, and PAPD project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Haiyan Jia, Hongshen Wan, Shaohua Yang, Zhengzhi Zhang, Zhongxin Kong, Shulin Xue, Lixia Zhang & Zhengqiang Ma

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Jia, H., Wan, H., Yang, S. et al. Genetic dissection of yield-related traits in a recombinant inbred line population created using a key breeding parent in China’s wheat breeding. Theor Appl Genet 126, 2123–2139 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-013-2123-8

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