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Evaluation of juvenile drought stress tolerance and genotyping by sequencing with wild barley introgression lines

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Drought is a major stress which can seriously limit yield in many crops including barley. Wild barley introgression lines (ILs) like the S42IL library may enhance drought stress tolerance of barley cultivars through the introduction of exotic alleles. The S42IL library was already characterized with 636 Illumina SNPs. New approaches like genotyping by sequencing (GBS) are available for barley to enhance the characterization of ILs. We generated an improved genetic map of the S42IL library, consisting of 4,201 SNPs by adding GBS data. The new map with a total length of 989.2 cM confirmed the extent of wild barley introgressions. Adding GBS data increased the resolution of the S42IL map tenfold from 0.4 to 4.2 markers/cM. This may assist to select possible candidate genes that improve drought tolerance. In four greenhouse experiments, juvenile drought stress response of 52 barley S42ILs was tested to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL). Thirteen S42ILs showed effects for plant biomass and leaf senescence. Subsequently, two verification experiments were conducted with these S42ILs. Nine out of eleven QTL were verified, and 22 additional QTL were detected. For 21 QTL, the Hsp allele increased trait performance, indicating the value of wild barley introgressions. For example, S42IL-107 and S42IL-123 produced more biomass under drought. Two different water-saving strategies were observed. S42IL-143 and S42IL-129 both revealed increased relative water content under drought. While S42IL-143 reduced biomass under drought, S42IL-129 maintained a high biomass production. We recommend using S42IL-107, S42IL-123 and S42IL-129 in barley breeding programs to enhance drought tolerance.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the team of Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd., St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, for carrying out the sequencing of the S42ILs. This work was supported by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Crop Plant Research (IZN), Halle (Saale) and by the Joint Research Co-operation Scheme, of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, ID 54391967) and the Group of Eight, Australia.

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  1. Chair of Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Nora Honsdorf, Andrea Hecht & Klaus Pillen

  2. Interdisciplinary Center for Crop Plant Research (IZN), Halle (Saale), Germany

    Nora Honsdorf

  3. School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia

    Timothy John March & Jason Eglinton

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Honsdorf, N., March, T.J., Hecht, A. et al. Evaluation of juvenile drought stress tolerance and genotyping by sequencing with wild barley introgression lines. Mol Breeding 34, 1475–1495 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-014-0131-2

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