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Identification of QTLs for stay green trait in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the ‘Chirya 3’ × ‘Sonalika’ population

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Stay green or delayed senescence is considered to play a crucial role in grain development in wheat when assimilates are limited. We identified three QTLs for stay green on the chromosomes 1AS, 3BS and 7DS using a recombinant inbred (RI) population developed by making crosses between the stay green parent ‘Chirya 3’ and non-stay green ‘Sonalika’. The RI lines were evaluated in natural field conditions for 2 years in replicated trial. The QTL on chromosome 1A was identified in both the years, while the QTLs on 3BS and 7DS were identified only in 1st and 2nd year, respectively. The QTLs explained up to 38.7% of phenotypic variation in a final simultaneous fit. The alleles for higher stay green values derived from the stay green parent ‘Chirya 3’. The QTLs were named as QSg.bhu-1A, QSg.bhu-3B and QSg.bhu-7D. The QTL QSg.bhu-3B and QSg.bhu-7D were placed in the 3BS9-0.57-0.78 and 7DS5-0.36-0.61 deletion bins, respectively.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a DAAD-Leibniz (German Academic Exchange Service) fellowship to Uttam Kumar. Initial work on RILs was supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi to Maya Kumari. Authors are thankful to Ram Awadh, Anette Heber and Sonja Allner for excellent technical assistance.

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  1. Uttam Kumar

    Present address: The Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, India

  2. Arun K. Joshi

    Present address: CIMMYT, South Asia Regional Office, P.O. Box 5186, Kathmandu, Nepal

  3. Sundeep Kumar

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  1. Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany

    Uttam Kumar, Rajneesh Paliwal & Marion S. Röder

  2. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Arun K. Joshi, Maya Kumari & Rajneesh Paliwal

  3. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, 263139, India

    Maya Kumari

  4. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, India

    Sundeep Kumar

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Kumar, U., Joshi, A.K., Kumari, M. et al. Identification of QTLs for stay green trait in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the ‘Chirya 3’ × ‘Sonalika’ population. Euphytica 174, 437–445 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-010-0155-6

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