A breeding strategy targeting the secondary gene pool of bread wheat: introgression from a synthetic hexaploid wheat.

A breeding strategy targeting the secondary gene pool of bread wheat: introgression from a synthetic hexaploid wheat.
Theor Appl Genet. 2019 May 03;:
Authors: Hao M, Zhang L, Zhao L, Dai S, Li A, Yang W, Xie D, Li Q, Ning S, Yan Z, Wu B, Lan X, Yuan Z, Huang L, Wang J, Zheng K, Chen W, Yu M, Chen X, Chen M, Wei Y, Zhang H, Kishii M, Hawkesford MJ, Mao L, Zheng Y, Liu D
Abstract
KEY MESSAGE: Introgressing one-eighth of synthetic hexaploid wheat genome through a double top-cross plus a two-phase selection is an effective strategy to develop high-yielding wheat varieties. The continued expansion of the world population and the likely onset of climate change combine to form a major crop breeding challenge. Genetic advances in most crop species to date have largely relied on recombination and reassortment within a relatively narrow gene pool. Here, we demonstrate an efficient wheat breeding strategy for improving yield potentials by introgression of multiple genomic regions of de novo synthesized wheat. The method relies on an initial double top-cross (DTC), in which one parent is synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW), followed by a two-phase selection procedure. A genotypic analysis of three varieties (Shumai 580, Shumai 969 and Shumai 830) released from this program showed that each harbors a unique set of genomic regions inherited from the SHW parent. The first two varieties were generated from very small populations, whereas the third used ...

Source: TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics - May 2, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hao M, Zhang L, Zhao L, Dai S, Li A, Yang W, Xie D, Li Q, Ning S, Yan Z, Wu B, Lan X, Yuan Z, Huang L, Wang J, Zheng K, Chen W, Yu M, Chen X, Chen M, Wei Y, Zhang H, Kishii M, Hawkesford MJ, Mao L, Zheng Y, Liu D Tags: Theor Appl Genet Source Type: research