Contrasting genetic regulation of plant development in wild barley grown in two European environments revealed by nested association mapping

Barley is cultivated more widely than the other major world crops because it adapts well to environmental constraints, such as drought, heat, and day length. To better understand the genetic control of local adaptation in barley, we studied development in the nested association mapping population HE...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 69(2018), 7 vom: 24. März, Seite 1517-1531
1. Verfasser: Herzig, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Maurer, Andreas, Draba, Vera, Sharma, Rajiv, Draicchio, Fulvia, Bull, Hazel, Milne, Linda, Thomas, William T B, Flavell, Andrew J, Pillen, Klaus
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Plant Proteins
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Zusammenfassung:Barley is cultivated more widely than the other major world crops because it adapts well to environmental constraints, such as drought, heat, and day length. To better understand the genetic control of local adaptation in barley, we studied development in the nested association mapping population HEB-25, derived from crossing 25 wild barley accessions with the cultivar 'Barke'. HEB-25 was cultivated in replicated field trials in Dundee (Scotland) and Halle (Germany), differing in regard to day length, precipitation, and temperature. Applying a genome-wide association study, we located 60 and 66 quantitative trait locus (QTL) regions regulating eight plant development traits in Dundee and Halle, respectively. A number of QTLs could be explained by known major genes such as PHOTOPERIOD 1 (Ppd-H1) and FLOWERING LOCUS T (HvFT-1) that regulate plant development. In addition, we observed that developmental traits in HEB-25 were partly controlled via genotype × environment and genotype × donor interactions, defined as location-specific and family-specific QTL effects. Our findings indicate that QTL alleles are available in the wild barley gene pool that show contrasting effects on plant development, which may be deployed to improve adaptation of cultivated barley to future environmental changes
Beschreibung:Date Completed 15.10.2019
Date Revised 15.10.2019
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/ery002