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Genetic mapping of QTL for resistance to Fusarium head blight spread (type 2 resistance) in a Triticum dicoccoides × Triticum durum backcross-derived population

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Improvement of resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a continuous challenge for durum wheat breeders, particularly due to the limited genetic variation within this crop species. We accordingly generated a backcross-derived mapping population using the type 2 FHB resistant Triticum dicoccoides line Mt. Gerizim #36 as donor and the modern Austrian T. durum cultivar Helidur as recipient; 103 BC1F6:7 lines were phenotyped for type 2 FHB resistance using single-spikelet inoculations and genotyped with 421 DNA markers (SSR and AFLP). QTL mapping revealed two highly significant QTL, mapping to chromosomes 3A and 6B, respectively. For both QTL the T. dicoccoides allele improved type 2 FHB resistance. Recombinant lines with both favorable alleles fixed conferred high resistance to FHB similar to that observed in the T. dicoccoides parent. The results appear directly applicable for durum wheat resistance breeding.

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Acknowledgments

Special thank for the excellent technical assistance by Lisa Schmid and Matthias Fidesser. We thank Marc Lemmens (IFA-Tulln, Austria) for providing the Fusarium inoculum and Tzion Fahima and Tami Krugman (University of Haifa, Israel) for providing the T. dicoccoides line. Many thanks to Clare Nelson (USA) for his suggestions to improve the manuscript. Abdallah Alimari was supported by a North–South Dialogue grant, funded by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by the Austrian Academic Exchange Service (OEAD).

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Buerstmayr, M., Alimari, A., Steiner, B. et al. Genetic mapping of QTL for resistance to Fusarium head blight spread (type 2 resistance) in a Triticum dicoccoides × Triticum durum backcross-derived population. Theor Appl Genet 126, 2825–2834 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-013-2174-x

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