Journal
AGRONOMY-BASEL
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy6010004
Keywords
plant breeding; Puccinia striiformis f; sp; tritici; disease resistance; QTL mapping; Triticum aestivum
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- Washington State University [0232]
- Washington Grain Commission [3672]
- National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2011-68002-30029]
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Stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) of wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a devastating disease in temperate regions when susceptible varieties are grown and environmental conditions sustain high disease pressures. With frequent and severe outbreaks, disease resistance is a key tool for controlling stripe rust on wheat. The goal of this research was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) involved in stripe rust resistance from the important US Pacific Northwest soft white winter wheat varieties Eltan and Finch. An F-2:5 recombinant inbred line (RIL) mapping population of 151 individuals derived from the Finch x Eltan cross was developed through single seed descent. A linkage map comprising 683 unique single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci and 70 SSR markers were used to develop 22 linkage groups consisting of 16 of the 21 chromosomes. Stripe rust data were collected on the RILs during the summers of 2012 to 2014. QTL analysis identified two genomic regions on chromosomes 4A (QYrel.wak-4A) and 6B (QYrfi.wak-6B) associated with resistance from Eltan and Finch, respectively. The results of the QTL analysis showed that QYrel.wak-4A and QYrfi.wak-6B reduced infection type and disease severity. Based upon both molecular and phenotypic differences, QYrel.wak-4A is a novel QTL for adult plant resistance (APR) to stripe rust.
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