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High-resolution mapping of the pericentromeric region on wheat chromosome arm 5AS harbouring the Fusarium head blight resistance QTL Qfhs.ifa-5A

Plant Biotechnology Journal, ISSN: 1467-7652, Vol: 16, Issue: 5, Page: 1046-1056
2018
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The Qfhs.ifa-5A allele, contributing to enhanced Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat, resides in a low-recombinogenic region of chromosome 5A close to the centromere. A near-isogenic RIL population segregating for the Qfhs.ifa-5A resistance allele was developed and among 3650 lines as few as four recombined within the pericentromeric C-5AS1-0.40 bin, yielding only a single recombination point. Genetic mapping of the pericentromeric region using a recombination-dependent approach was thus not successful. To facilitate fine-mapping the physically large Qfhs.ifa-5A interval, two gamma-irradiated deletion panels were generated: (i) seeds of line NIL3 carrying the Qfhs.ifa-5A resistance allele in an otherwise susceptible background were irradiated and plants thereof were selfed to obtain deletions in homozygous state and (ii) a radiation hybrid panel was produced using irradiated pollen of the wheat line Chinese Spring (CS) for pollinating the CS-nullisomic5Atetrasomic5B. In total, 5157 radiation selfing and 276 radiation hybrid plants were screened for deletions on 5AS and plants containing deletions were analysed using 102 5AS-specific markers. Combining genotypic information of both panels yielded an 817-fold map improvement (cR/cM) for the centromeric bin and was 389-fold increased across the Qfhs.ifa-5A interval compared to the genetic map, with an average map resolution of 0.77 Mb/cR. We successfully proved that the RH mapping technique can effectively resolve marker order in low-recombining regions, including pericentromeric intervals, and simultaneously allow developing an in vivo panel of sister lines differing for induced deletions across the Qfhs.ifa-5A interval that can be used for phenotyping.

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Buerstmayr, Maria; Steiner, Barbara; Wagner, Christian; Schwarz, Petra; Brugger, Klaus; Barabaschi, Delfina; Volante, Andrea; Valè, Giampiero; Cattivelli, Luigi; Buerstmayr, Hermann

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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