A status update on fusarium head blight on Western Canadian wheat

Chin, Tiffany; Pleskach, Kerri; Tittlemier, Sheryl A.; Henríquez, María Antonia; Bamforth, Janice; Gamage, Niradha Withana; Ashfaq, Tehreem; Lee, Sung-Jong; Kurera, Mayantha Shimosh; Patel, Bhaktiben; Walkowiak, Sean

doi:10.1080/07060661.2023.2177352

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“…Multiple potential candidate genes underlying each QTL were identified, such as disease resistance nucleotide binding sites and leucine rich repeats (NBS-LRR), NAC domain and F-box domain containing proteins, WRKY, bZIP, MYB transcription factor, leucine rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RK), phytohormone and flavonoid pathway genes and glutathione S-transferase (GST) [ 3 , 62 – 71 ]. These candidate genes have been previously reported to be involved in FHB resistance in wheat [ 62 , 63 ].…”

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Genetic mapping of deoxynivalenol and fusarium damaged kernel resistance in an adapted durum wheat population

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Ruan,

Knox

et al. 2024

BMC Plant Biol

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Background Fusarium head blight (FHB) infection results in Fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination that are downgrading factors at the Canadian elevators. Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum Desf.) is particularly susceptible to FHB and most of the adapted Canadian durum wheat cultivars are susceptible to moderately susceptible to this disease. However, the durum line DT696 is less susceptible to FHB than commercially grown cultivars. Little is known about genetic variation for durum wheat ability to resist FDK infection and DON accumulation. This study was undertaken to map genetic loci conferring resistance to DON and FDK resistance using a SNP high-density genetic map of a DT707/DT696 DH population and to identify SNP markers useful in marker-assisted breeding. One hundred twenty lines were grown in corn spawn inoculated nurseries near Morden, MB in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the harvested seeds were evaluated for DON. The genetic map of the population was used in quantitative trait locus analysis performed with MapQTL.6® software. Results Four DON accumulation resistance QTL detected in two of the three years were identified on chromosomes 1 A, 5 A (2 loci) and 7 A and two FDK resistance QTL were identified on chromosomes 5 and 7 A in single environments. Although not declared significant due to marginal LOD values, the QTL for FDK on the 5 and 7 A were showing in other years suggesting their effects were real. DT696 contributed the favourable alleles for low DON and FDK on all the chromosomes. Although no resistance loci contributed by DT707, transgressive segregant lines were identified resulting in greater resistance than DT696. Breeder-friendly KASP markers were developed for two of the DON and FDK QTL detected on chromosomes 5 and 7 A. Markers flanking each QTL were physically mapped against the durum wheat reference sequence and candidate genes which might be involved in FDK and DON resistance were identified within the QTL intervals. Conclusions The DH lines harboring the desired resistance QTL will serve as useful resources in breeding for FDK and DON resistance in durum wheat. Furthermore, breeder-friendly KASP markers developed during this study will be useful for the selection of durum wheat varieties with low FDK and DON levels in durum wheat breeding programs.

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“…FHB has grown to be one of the biggest challenges in CWAD production. Several moderate to severe FHB epidemics on the Canadian Prairies resulted in serious economic impact on the durum wheat industry in the last two decades [ 3 ].…”

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