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Detection of quantitative trait loci for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) heading and flowering date

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

C. H. Zhao ,
H. Sun ,
C. Liu ,
G. M. Yang ,
X. J. Liu ,
Y. P. Wang ,
F. X. Lv ,
C. Y. Wu ,
J. W. Xu  and
Y. Z. Wu
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C. H. Zhao
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
H. Sun
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
C. Liu
Affiliation:
Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China
G. M. Yang
Affiliation:
Soil and Fertilizer Workstation in Heze City, Heze 274000, Shandong Province, China
X. J. Liu
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
Y. P. Wang
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
F. X. Lv
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
C. Y. Wu
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
J. W. Xu
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
Y. Z. Wu*
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
F. Cui*
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, Shandong Province, China
*
Y. Z. Wu E-mail: yongzhenwu@ldu.edu.cn
Author for correspondence: F. Cui, E-mail: sdaucf@126.com
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Abstract

Heading date (HD) and flowering date (FD) are critical for yield potential and stability, so understanding their genetic foundation is of great significance in wheat breeding. Three related recombinant inbred line populations with a common female parent were developed to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for HD and FD in four environments. In total, 25 putative additive QTL and 20 pairwise epistatic effect QTL were detected in four environments. The additive QTL were distributed across 17 wheat chromosomes. Of these, QHd-1A, QHd-1D, QHd-2B, QHd-3B, QHd-4A, QHd-4B and QHd-6D were major and stable QTL for HD. QFd-1A, QFd-2B, QFd-4A and QFd-4B were major and stable QTL for FD. In addition, an epistatic interaction test showed that epistasis played important roles in controlling wheat HD and FD. Genetic relationships between HD/FD and five yield-related traits (YRTs) were characterized and ten QTL clusters (C1–C10) simultaneously controlling YRTs and HD/FD were identified. The present work laid a genetic foundation for improving yield potential in wheat molecular breeding programmes.

Keywords

Heading dateepistatic effectsflowering datemajor and stable QTLquantitative trait lociQTL clusters
Type
Crops and Soils Research Paper
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 157 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 20 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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These authors have contributed equally to this work.

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