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      A QTL with major effect on reducing leaf rust severity on the short arm of chromosome 1A of wheat detected across different genetic backgrounds and diverse environments.

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          Selection for QLr.cau - 1AS (a major QTL detected in wheat for reducing leaf rust severity) based on the DNA marker gpw2246 was as effective as selection for Lr34 based on cssfr5. Leaf rust is an important disease of wheat worldwide. Utilization of slow-rusting resistance constitutes a strategy to sustainably control this disease. The American wheat cultivar Luke exhibits slow leaf-rusting resistance at the adult plant stage. The objectives of this study were to detect and validate QTL for the resistance in Luke. Three winter wheat populations were used, namely, 149 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from the cross Luke × Aquileja, 307 RILs from Luke × AQ24788-83, and 80 F2:3 families selected from Lingxing66 × KA298. Aquileja and Lingxing66 are highly susceptible to leaf rust. AQ24788-83 shows high (susceptible) infection type but contains the slow-rusting gene Lr34 as diagnosed by the gene-specific marker cssfr5. KA298, an F9 RIL selected from Luke × AQ24788-83, contains Lr34 and QLr.cau-1AS (a major QTL originated from Luke, this study). These wheats were evaluated for leaf rust in 12 field and greenhouse environments involving four locations and five seasons. Genotyping was done using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and diversity arrays technology markers. Of the detected QTLs, QLr.cau-1AS was significant consistently across all the genetic backgrounds, test environments, and likely a wide range of pathogen races. QLr.cau-1AS explained 22.3-55.2% of leaf rust phenotypic variation, being comparable to Lr34 in effect size. A co-dominant SSR marker (gpw2246, http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG2/index.shtml ) was identified to be tightly linked to QLr.cau-1AS. Selection based on gpw2246 for QLr.cau-1AS was as effective as the selection based on cssfr5 for Lr34. QLr.cau-1AS will be helpful for increasing the genetic diversity of slow leaf-rusting resistance in wheat breeding programs.

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          Journal
          Theor. Appl. Genet.
          TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik
          Springer Nature America, Inc
          1432-2242
          0040-5752
          Aug 2015
          : 128
          : 8
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
          Article
          10.1007/s00122-015-2533-x
          25982130
          45aabd51-d36a-4d8d-8acf-bd53da6c47bd
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