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Differential contribution of two Ppd-1 homoeoalleles to early-flowering phenotype in Nepalese and Japanese varieties of common wheat

Wheat landraces carry abundant genetic variation in heading and flowering times. Here, we studied flowering-related traits of two Nepalese varieties, KU-4770 and KU-180 and a Japanese wheat cultivar, Shiroganekomugi (SGK). These three wheat varieties showed similar flowering time in a common garden...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Anh T., Iehisa, Julio C. M., Mizuno, Nobuyuki, Nitta, Miyuki, Nasuda, Shuhei, Takumi, Shigeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Society of Breeding 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24399909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1270/jsbbs.63.374
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Sumario:Wheat landraces carry abundant genetic variation in heading and flowering times. Here, we studied flowering-related traits of two Nepalese varieties, KU-4770 and KU-180 and a Japanese wheat cultivar, Shiroganekomugi (SGK). These three wheat varieties showed similar flowering time in a common garden experiment. In total, five significant quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for three examined traits, the heading, flowering and maturation times, were detected using an F(2) population of SGK/KU-4770. The QTLs were found at the Ppd-1 loci on chromosomes 2B and 2D and the 2B QTL was also confirmed in another F(2) population of SGK/KU-180. The Ppd-D1 allele from SGK and the Ppd-B1 alleles from the two Nepalese varieties might be causal for early-flowering phenotype. The SGK Ppd-D1 allele contained a 2-kb deletion in the 5′ upstream region, indicating a photoperiod-insensitive Ppd-D1a allele. Real-time PCR analysis estimating the Ppd-B1 copy number revealed that the two Nepalese varieties included two intact Ppd-B1 copies, putatively resulting in photoperiod insensitivity and an early-flowering phenotype. The two photoperiod-insensitive Ppd-1 homoeoalleles could independently contribute to segregation of early-flowering individuals in the two F(2) populations. Therefore, wheat landraces are genetic resources for discovery of alleles useful for improving wheat heading or flowering times.