In wheat, meta-QTLs (MQTLs), and candidate genes (CGs) were identi ed for multiple disease resistance (MDR). For this purpose, information was collected from 58 studies for mapping QTLs for resistance to one or more of the ve diseases. As many as 493 QTLs were available from these studies, which were distributed in ve diseases as follows: septoria tritici blotch (STB) 126 QTLs; septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), 103; fusarium head blight (FHB), 184; karnal bunt (KB), 66, and loose smut (LS), 14. Of these 493 QTLs, only 291 QTLs could be projected onto a consensus genetic map, giving 63 MQTLs. The CI of the MQTLs ranged from 0.04 to 15.31 cM with an average of 3.09 cM per MQTL. This is a ~ 4.39 fold reduction from the CI of initial QTLs, which ranged from 0 to 197.6 cM, with a mean of 13.57 cM. Of 63 MQTLs, 60 were anchored to the reference physical map of wheat (the physical interval of these MQTLs ranged from 0.30 to 726.01 Mb with an average of 74.09 Mb). Thirty-eight (38) of these MQTLs were veri ed using marker-trait associations (MTAs) derived from genome-wide association studies. As many as 874 CGs were also identi ed which were further investigated for differential expression using data from ve transcriptome studies, resulting in 194 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Among the DEGs, 85 genes had functions previously reported to be associated with disease resistance. These results should prove useful for ne mapping of MDR genes and marker-assisted breeding.