Crop Journal (Feb 2022)
Non-escaping frost tolerant QTL linked genetic loci at reproductive stage in six wheat DH populations
- Jingjuan Zhang,
- MD Shahidul Islam,
- Yun Zhao,
- Masood Anwar,
- Zaid Alhabbar,
- Maoyun She,
- Rongchang Yang,
- Angela Juhasz,
- Guixiang Tang,
- Jiansheng Chen,
- Hang Liu,
- Yanjie Jiang,
- Shengnan Zhai,
- Xin Hu,
- Junkang Rong,
- Yingquan Zhang,
- Yebo Qin,
- Qier Liu,
- Zitong Yu,
- Yujuan Zhang,
- Sadegh Balotf,
- Mirza Dowla,
- Sonia Afrin,
- Nandita Roy,
- Md Resad Mallik,
- Md Atik Us Saieed,
- Shanjida Rahman,
- Nigarin Sultana,
- Sarah Al-Sheikh Ahmed,
- Chris Florides,
- Kefei Chen,
- Darshan Sharma,
- Nathan Height,
- Ben Biddulph,
- Meiqin Lu,
- Jorge E. Mayer,
- Wujun Ma
Affiliations
- Jingjuan Zhang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- MD Shahidul Islam
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Yun Zhao
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Masood Anwar
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Zaid Alhabbar
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Maoyun She
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Rongchang Yang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Angela Juhasz
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Guixiang Tang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Jiansheng Chen
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Hang Liu
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Yanjie Jiang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Shengnan Zhai
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Xin Hu
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Junkang Rong
- College of Agriculture & Food, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Lin’an 311314, Zhejiang, China
- Yingquan Zhang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Yebo Qin
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Qier Liu
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Zitong Yu
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Yujuan Zhang
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Sadegh Balotf
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Mirza Dowla
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Sonia Afrin
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Nandita Roy
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Md Resad Mallik
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Md Atik Us Saieed
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Shanjida Rahman
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Nigarin Sultana
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Sarah Al-Sheikh Ahmed
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Chris Florides
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Kefei Chen
- SAGI West, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Darshan Sharma
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia
- Nathan Height
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia
- Ben Biddulph
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia
- Meiqin Lu
- Australian Grain Technologies, 12656 Newell Highway, Locked Bag 1100, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
- Jorge E. Mayer
- Ag RD&IP Consult P/L, Nerang, QLD 4211, Australia
- Wujun Ma
- Australian-China Joint Centre for Wheat Improvement, Western Australian State Agriculture Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; Corresponding author.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 147 – 165
Abstract
Reproductive stage frost poses a major constraint for wheat production in countries such as Australia. However, little progress has been made in identifying key genes to overcome the constraint. In the present study, a severe frost event hit two large-scale field trials consisting of six doubled haploid (DH) wheat populations at reproductive stage (young microspore stage) in Western Australia, leading to the identification of 30 robust frost QTL on 17 chromosomes. The major 18 QTL with the phenotype variation over 9.5% were located on 13 chromosomes including 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A, 4A, 4B, 4D, 5A, 5D, 6D, 7A, 7B and 7D. Most frost QTL were closely linked to the QTL of anthesis, maturity, Zadok stages as well as linked to anthesis related genes. Out of those, six QTL were repetitively detected on the homologous regions on 2B, 4B, 4D, 5A, 5D, 7A in more than two populations. Results showed that the frost damage is associated with alleles of Vrn-A1a, Vrn-D1a, Rht-B1b, Rht-D1b, and the high copy number of Ppd-B1. However, anthesis QTL and anthesis related genes of Vrn-B1a and TaFT3-1B on chromosomes 5B and 1B did not lead to frost damage, indicating that these early-flowering phenotype related genes are compatible with frost tolerance and thus can be utilised in breeding. Our results also indicate that wild-type alleles Rht-B1a and Rht-D1a can be used when breeding for frost-tolerant varieties without delaying flowering time.
