QTL mapping and marker-assisted selection for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat: A review

By H. Buerstmayr, T. Ban, James A. Anderson. 2009

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During the past decade, numerous studies have been published on molecular mapping of Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in wheat. We summarize the relevant findings from 52 quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies, nine research articles on marker-assisted selection and seven on marker-assisted germplasm evaluation. QTL for FHB resistance were found on all wheat chromosomes except chromosome 7D. Some QTL were found in several independent mapping studies indicating that such QTL are stable and therefore useful in breeding programmes. We summarize and update current knowledge on the genetics of FHB resistance in wheat resulting from QTL mapping investigations and review and suggest FHB breeding strategies based on the available information and DNA markers.

Subfields: Cell Biology, Plant Science

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• Revealing the genetic architecture of FHB resistance in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by QTL meta-analysis (2009, background): “…comparison of genomic regions affecting a certain trait can be presented in form of a bibliographic review and supported by a statistical and graphical representation as suggested by Chardon et al. (2004) and performed for FHB resistance recently (Buerstmayr et al. 2009; Holzapfel et al. 2008).”
• Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Plants (2013, background): “In wheat, a major QTL desig‐ nated as Fhb1 was consistently detected across multiple environments and populations, and explained 20-40% of phenotypic variation in most cases (Buerstmayr et al., 2009; Jiang et al., 2007a, 2007b).”
• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. (2012, background): “In most cereal species, the resistance sources identified are only partially effective and are major QTL based (Buerstmayr et al., 2009).”
• Breeding strategies and advances in line selection for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat (2017, background): “For Fhb1 the nearly diagnostic marker UMN10 (Liu et al. 2008) is available, which is used worldwide in many wheat breeding programs for markerassisted introgression of Fhb1 (Buerstmayr et al. 2009, 2015).”
• Plant Innate Immune Response: Qualitative and Quantitative Resistance (2016, background): “…hundreds of disease resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs), in several plant-pathogen systems, but their use in breeding is challenging because they contain several genes, including undesirable ones (Aghnoum et al., 2010; Ashkani et al., 2014; Buerstmayr et al., 2009; St. Clair, 2010).”
• Fusarium head blight of wheat: pathogenic species and their mycotoxins (2010, background): “culmorum) is a quantitative, polygenic character and over 50 QTLs of resistance were identified in Triticum accessions (Buerstmayr et al., 2009).”
• Evaluation of Genomic Prediction Methods for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat (2012, background): “To enable marker-assisted selection (MAS), over 40 quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies have been conducted for FHB resistance and have identii ed over 200 QTL that are distributed across every chromosome (reviewed by Liu et al., 2009, and Buerstmayr et al., 2009).”
• Breeding for resistance to ear rots caused by Fusarium spp. in maize – a review (2012, result): “This is similar to the situation in wheat (Buerstmayr et al. 2009).”
• Genetic improvement of C4 grasses as cellulosic biofuel feedstocks (2009, methodology): “MAS has been implemented for both qualitative and quantitative traits in crop breeding programs (Castro et al. 2003; Concibido et al. 2004; Joseph et al. 2004; Schmierer et al. 2005; Zhou et al. 2005; Collard and Mackill 2008; Buerstmayr et al. 2009; Zhou et al. 2009).”
• Overview of some recent research developments in fusarium head blight of wheat (2013, background): “Breeding for resistance – quantitative trait loci In 2009, Buerstmayr et al. (2009) reviewed the extent of what was then known of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting FHB.”