Pleiotropic effects of the sdw1 locus in barley populations representing different rounds of recombination
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Keywords

DH
Hordeum vulgare L.
quantitative traits
semi-dwarfing gene
SSD
SSR markers

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Kuczyńska A, Mikołajczak K, Ćwiek H. Pleiotropic effects of the sdw1 locus in barley populations representing different rounds of recombination. Electron. J. Biotechnol. [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 16 [cited 2024 Dec. 3];17(5). Available from: https://www.ejbiotechnology.info/index.php/ejbiotechnology/article/view/2014.07.005

Abstract

Background: Short-stature cultivars have been developed by breeders worldwide to reduce lodging and increase grain yield. In barley, the effort to achieve short stature genotypes has relied in part on the sdw1/denso gene. In the present study populations, representing different rounds of recombination were used for the analysis of phenotypic effects associated with the sdw1/denso locus. Other studies have mostly focused only on one type of population. Many different QTLs mapped at the same position as the sdw1/denso locus may indicate a pleiotropy of this gene or a tight linkage between genes conditioning quantitative traits. To date, results of studies have not unequivocally proven either of these two phenomena.

Results: In this study, both breeding and molecular mapping experiments were undertaken to examine 200 single seed descent (SSD) and 60 doubled haploid (DH) lines obtained from the Maresi (with a semi-dwarfing gene) and Pomo cross combination. These lines and their parental forms were evaluated for the type of juvenile growth habit and certain agronomic traits were measured after harvesting. The estimates of mean values, standard errors and significance of effects were analyzed. In terms of the analyzed characteristics, the greatest variability was obtained for genotypes with the prostrate growth habit. Microsatellite markers (SSR) were also used to identify co-segregation with the sdw1/denso locus and Bmag0013, Bmag0877, Bmag0306b markers were linked the closest. A partial linkage map of chromosome 3H with the sdw1/denso semi-dwarfing gene was constructed and QTLs were identified.

Conclusions: Our experiments confirmed the impact of the semi-dwarfing gene on plant height, heading and flowering date both in SSD and DH populations, which may indicate pleiotropy. On the other hand, a partial linkage between sdw1/denso locus and grain weight per spike and 1000-grain weight was found in the SSD population. A combination of a biometric approach with molecular analyses of different populations may present the opportunity to solve the problem of the distinction between the pleiotropic effects of semi-dwarfing genes and linkage effects.
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