Candidate genes underlying QTL for flowering time and their interactions in a wide spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cross

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2020-11-18
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Casas Cendoya, Ana Maria
Gazulla, Carlota R.
Monteagudo Gálvez, Arantxa
Cantalapiedra, Carlos P.
Moralejo Vidal, Mª Angeles
Gracia Gimeno, Ma. Pilar
Ciudad, F. J.
Thomas, William T. B.
Molina Cano, José Luis
Boden, Scott
Contreras‐Moreira, Bruno
Igartua Arregui, Ernesto
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Casas Cendoya, Ana Maria; Gazulla, Carlota R.; Monteagudo Gálvez, Arantxa; Cantalapiedra, Carlos P.; Moralejo Vidal, Mª Angeles; Gracia Gimeno, Ma. Pilar; ... Igartua Arregui, Ernesto. (2020) . Candidate genes underlying QTL for flowering time and their interactions in a wide spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cross. The Crop Journal, 2020. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2020.07.008.
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Abstract
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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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/70098
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2020.07.008
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