title: Earliness per se QTLs and their interaction with the photoperiod insensitive allele Ppd-D1a in the Cutler × AC Barrie spring wheat population.
abstract: Earliness per se regulates flowering time independent of environmental signals and helps to fine tune the time of flowering and maturity. In this study, we aimed to map earliness per se quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting days to flowering and maturity in a population developed by crossing two spring wheat cultivars, Cutler and AC Barrie. The population of 177 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was genotyped for a total of 488 SSR and DArT polymorphic markers on all 21 chromosomes. Three QTLs of earliness per se affecting days to flowering and maturity were mapped on chromosomes 1B (QEps.dms-1B1 and QEps.dms-1B2) and 5B (QEps.dms-5B1), in individual environments and when all the environments were combined. A QTL affecting flowering time (QFlt.dms-4A1) was identified on chromosome 4A. Two grain yield QTLs were mapped on chromosome 5B, while one QTL was mapped on chromosome 1D. The population segregated for the photoperiod insensitive gene, Ppd-D1a, and it induced earlier flowering by 0.69 days and maturity by 1.28 days. The photoperiod insensitive allele Ppd-D1a interacted in an additive fashion with QTLs for flowering and maturity times. The earliness per se QTL QFlt.dms-5B.1 inducing earlier flowering could help to elongate grain filling duration for higher grain yield. Hence, chromosome 5B possesses promising genomic regions that may be introgressed for higher grain yield with earlier maturity through marker-assisted selection in bread wheat.
authors: Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-10 Ag/For Building, Edmonton, AB, Canada. akamran1@ualberta.ca
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kamran
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Iqbal
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Navabi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Randhawa
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Pozniak
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Spaner
mesh_terms: D001939:Bread; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D055537:Light Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D017440:Photoperiod; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers
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