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Genetic dissection of developmental behavior of grain weight in wheat under diverse temperature and water regimes

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As a quantitatively inherited trait related to high yield potential, grain weight (GW) development in wheat is constrained by abiotic stresses such as limited water supply and high temperature. Data from a doubled haploid population, derived from a cross of (Hanxuan 10 × Lumai 14), grown in four environments were used to explore the genetic basis of GW developmental behavior in unconditional and conditional quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses using a mixed linear model. Thirty additive QTLs and 41 pairs of epistatic QTLs were detected, and were more frequently observed on chromosomes 1B, 2A, 2D, 4A, 4B and 7B. No single QTL was continually active during all stages or periods of grain growth. The QTLs with additive effects (A-QTLs) expressed in the period S1|S0 (the period from the flowering to the seventh day after) formed a foundation for GW development. GW development at these stages can be used as an index for screening superior genotypes under diverse abiotic stresses in a wheat breeding program. One QTL, i.e. Qgw.cgb-6A.2, showed high adaptability for water-limited and heat-stress environments. Many A-QTLs interacted with more than one other QTL in the two genetic models, such as Qgw.cgb-4B.2 interacted with five QTLs, showing that the genetic architecture underlying GW development involves a collective expression of genes with additive and epistatic effects.

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Abbreviations

A-QTL:

Additive effect QTL

a effect:

Additive main effect

aa effect:

Epistatic main effect

DS:

Drought stress

DHLs:

Doubled haploid lines

E-QTL:

Epistatic effect QTL

E1:

DS and NT conditions

E2:

DS and HS conditions

E3:

WW and NT conditions

E4:

WW and HS conditions

GW:

Grain weight

GSL(+):

General high superior line

GSL(−):

General less superior line

H10:

Hanxuan 10

HS:

Heat stress

HSI:

Heat susceptibility index

L14:

Lumai 14

NT:

Natural temperature

PVE:

Phenotypic variation explained

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

SL:

Superior line

TGW:

Thousand-grain weight

WW:

Well-watered

ae :

Additive QTL × environment interaction effect

aae :

Epistatic QTL × environment interaction effect

QE:

QTL × environment interaction effects

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme (G7010.02.01) and the National Key Technologies R&D Program (2011ZX08010-005). We thank Professor Robert A. McIntosh (Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia) for revising the manuscript.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Agronomy College of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Shiping Li & Chengshe Wang

  2. Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081, China

    Shiping Li, Xiaoping Chang & Ruilian Jing

  3. Wheat Research Institute, Shanxi Acadamy of Agricultural Science, Linfen, 041000, Shaanxi, China

    Shiping Li

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Li, S., Wang, C., Chang, X. et al. Genetic dissection of developmental behavior of grain weight in wheat under diverse temperature and water regimes. Genetica 140, 393–405 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-012-9688-z

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