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Title: Genetic Loci Related to Kernal Quality Differences Between a Soft and a Hard Wheat Cultivar

Author
item BRESEGHELLO, F - EMBRAPA
item Finney, Patrick
item Gaines, Charles
item Andrews, Lonnie
item TANAKA, J - CORNELL UNIVERSITY
item PENNER, G - NEOVENTURES BIOTECHNOLOGY
item SORRELLS, M - CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: Crop Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/1/2005
Publication Date: 8/1/2005
Citation: Breseghello, F., Finney, P.L., Gaines, C.S., Andrews, L.C., Tanaka, J., Penner, G., Sorrells, M.E. 2005. Genetic Loci Related to Kernal Quality Differences Between a Soft and a Hard Wheat Cultivar. Crop Science. 45:1685-1695.

Interpretive Summary: Wheat breeders need methods to produce new variations in wheat quality that possibly could be used to improve the quality of wheat. This study found wheat genes that were associated with differences in milling and baking qualities between wheat from the soft and the hard wheat market classes. These results indicated that crossing hard and soft wheat parents can have considerable potential for improving milling and baking quality of either class.

Technical Abstract: Hybridizations between hard and soft wheat types could be a source of novel variation for wheat quality improvement. This study was conducted to identify genomic regions related to differences in milling and baking quality between a soft and a hard cultivar of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). A population of 101 double-haploid lines was generated from a cross between Grandin, a hard spring wheat variety, and AC Reed, a soft spring wheat variety. The genetic map included 320 markers in 43 linkage groups and spanned 3555 cM. The effect of qualitative variation for kernel texture, caused by the segregation of the Hardness gene, was controlled by regression on texture class. The residual variance was used for composite interval mapping, and QTLs on 1A, 1B, 1A/D, 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A/B, 4B, 5B, and 6B were detected. The effect of some QTLs was opposite to the direction expected on the basis of parental phenotypes. The hard wheat parent contributed alleles favorable for soft wheat varieties at QTLs on 1AS, L, 1BL-2, and 6B, whereas the soft parent contributed alleles for higher protein content at QTLs on 2BL-1, 4B-1, and 6B and higher flour yield on 2BL-2 and 4B-2. These results indicated that hard x soft wheat crosses have considerable potential for improving milling and baking quality of either class.