Abstract
Key message: Association mapping study conducted in a population of 3490 elite barley breeding lines from ten barley breeding programs of the USA identified 12 QTLs for resistance/susceptibility to net form of net blotch. Abstract: Breeding resistant varieties is the best management strategy for net form of net blotch (NFNB) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) caused by Pyrenophora teres f. teres (Ptt). Several resistance QTL have been previously identified in barley via linkage mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS). A GWAS conducted in a collection of advanced breeding lines (n = 3490) representing elite germplasm from ten barley breeding programs of the USA identified 42 unique marker-trait associations (MTA) for NFNB resistance. The lines were genotyped with 3072 SNP markers and phenotyped with four Ptt isolates in controlled environment. The lines were used to construct 13 different GWAS panels. Efficient mixed model association method with principal components and kinship was used for GWAS. Significance threshold for MTA was set at a false discovery rate of 0.05. Two, eight, six, one and 25 MTA were identified in chromosomes 1H, 3H, 4H, 5H and 6H, respectively. Based on genetic positions and linkage disequilibrium, these MTA’s correspond to two, three, two, one and four QTLs in chromosome 1H, 3H, 4H, 5H and 6H, respectively. A comparison with previous linkage and GWAS studies revealed several previously identified and novel QTLs. Moreover, different genomic regions were found to be responsible for NFNB resistance in two-row versus six-row germplasm. The germplasm-specific SNP markers with additive effects and allelic distribution is reported to facilitate breeders in selection of markers for MAS to introgress novel net blotch resistance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1019-1037 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Theoretical and Applied Genetics |
Volume | 133 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to acknowledge the funding from American Malting Barley Association. The authors would also like to acknowledge help from Amar Elakkad, and Beheshteh Zargaran during phenotyping and Dr. Ahmad Sallam and Dr. Austin Case during data analysis.
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