Candidate genes underlying QTL for flowering time and their interactions in a wide spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cross
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Casas, Ana M.
Gazulla, Carlota R.
Monteagudo, Arantxa
Cantalapiedra, Carlos P.
Moralejo, Marian
Gracia, M. Pilar
Ciudad, Francisco J.
Thomas, William T.B.
Molina-Cano, José L.
Boden, Scott
Contreras-Moreira, Bruno
Igartua, Ernesto
Fecha de publicación
2020-11-18ISSN
2214-5141
Resumen
Response to vernalization and photoperiod are the main determinants controlling the time to flowering in temperate cereals. While the individual genes that determine a plant’s response to these environmental signals are well characterized, the combinatorial effect on flowering time of allelic variants for multiple genes remains unresolved. This study investigated the genetic control of flowering-time in a biparental population of spring barley, derived from a wide cross between a late-flowering European and an early-flowering North-American cultivar. While the major flowering time genes are not segregating in the Beka × Logan cross, large variation in flowering was observed. We identified five QTL, with both parents found to contribute early alleles. The catalog of QTL discovered aligns with several candidate genes affecting flowering time in barley. The combination of particular alleles at HvCEN, HvELF3 and HvFT1 in Logan are responsible for the earliness of this cultivar. Interestingly, earliness for flowering could be further enhanced, with Beka found to contribute three early alleles, including a QTL co-locating with a HvFD-like gene, suggesting that there are diverse aspects of the flowering-time pathway that have been manipulated in these two cultivars. Epistatic interactions between flowering-time QTL or candidate genes were observed in field data and confirmed under controlled conditions. The results of this study link photoperiod-dependent flowering-time genes with earliness per se genes into a single model, thus providing a unique framework that can be used by geneticists and breeders to optimize flowering time in barley.
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English
Materias (CDU)
631 - Agricultura. Agronomía. Maquinaria agrícola. Suelos. Edafología agrícola
Páginas
11
Publicado por
Elsevier
Publicado en
Crop Journal
Citación
Casas, Ana M., Carlota R. Gazulla, Arantxa Monteagudo, Carlos P. Cantalapiedra, Marian Moralejo, M. Pilar Gracia, and Francisco J. Ciudad et al. 2021. "Candidate Genes Underlying QTL For Flowering Time And Their Interactions In A Wide Spring Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) Cross". The Crop Journal 9 (4): 862-872. doi:10.1016/j.cj.2020.07.008.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
MINECO/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/AGL2016-80967-R/ES/DESCUBRIMIENTO Y APLICACION DE QTL, GENES Y CARACTERES PARA LA MEJORA GENETICA DE LA CEBADA. MECANISMOS DE ADAPTACION AL CLIMA/
MINECO/Programa Estatal de fomento de la investigación científica y técnica de excelencia/AGL2013-48756-R/ES/DESCUBRIMIENTO Y UTILIZACION DE LA VARIABILIDAD GENETICA QUE DETERMINA LA ADAPTACION DE LA CEBADA MEDIANTE HERRAMIENTAS GENETICAS, GENOMICAS/
MINECO/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/AGL2010-21929/ES/DESCUBRIMIENTO DE NUEVA VARIABILIDAD PARA LA MEJORA DE LA CEBADA EN ESPAÑA/
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Cultius Extensius Sostenibles
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