Genetic architecture of yellow and stem rust resistance in a durum wheat diversity panel
2019
Winter durum (
Triticum turgidumvar. durum) growing is favored in Germany, Austria, and Hungary. With the invasion of the aggressive Warrior race with a wider virulence spectrum of the yellow
rust(YR) causing pathogen, YR came into focus of durum breeders. Accordingly, a local epidemic of
stem rustin winter wheat 2013 gained much attention. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the
genetic architectureof resistance to YR and
stem rust(SR) in a diversity panel of 328 durum lines genotyped by 12,550 mapped markers. Infections were successful in three environments for YR and one environment for SR. Additionally, cumulative ratings of leaf and ear health were conducted in five and three environments, respectively. The genome-wide association analysis revealed six to eight quantitative trait loci (QTL) per trait with an explained total genotypic variance of 42% (YR) to 75% (ear health). Sequence comparison with a
reference genomeindicated that three YR (Yr10, Yr51, YrH9014) and two SR (Sr56, Sr8155B1) resistance genes might be present in the diversity panel. Other QTL with explained genotypic variances ranging from 1.5 to 21% were detected. The difference between
marker-assisted selectionand genomic prediction was the highest for those traits with lower explained genetic variance (YR, leaf
health)
indicatingthat an array of non-detected QTL was used for genomic prediction. Genomics-assisted breeding could greatly help in achieving complex resistances in cultivars.
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