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Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat

Atkinson, Jonathan A.; Wingen, Luzie U.; Griffiths, Marcus; Pound, Michael P.; Gaju, Oorbessy; Foulkes, M. John; Le Gouis, Jacques; Griffiths, Simon; Bennett, Malcolm J.; King, Julie; Wells, Darren M.

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Authors

Luzie U. Wingen

Marcus Griffiths

Oorbessy Gaju

Jacques Le Gouis

Simon Griffiths

DARREN WELLS DARREN.WELLS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Principal Research Fellow



Abstract

Seedling root traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) have been shown to be important for efficient establishment and linked to mature plant traits such as height and yield. A root phenotyping pipeline, consisting of a germination paper-based screen combined with image segmentation and analysis software, was developed and used to characterize seedling traits in 94 doubled haploid progeny derived from a cross between the winter wheat cultivars Rialto and Savannah. Field experiments were conducted to measure mature plant height, grain yield, and nitrogen (N) uptake in three sites over 2 years. In total, 29 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for seedling root traits were identified. Two QTLs for grain yield and N uptake co-localize with root QTLs on chromosomes 2B and 7D, respectively. Of the 29 root QTLs identified, 11 were found to co-localize on 6D, with four of these achieving highly significant logarithm of odds scores (>20). These results suggest the presence of a major-effect gene regulating seedling root vigour/growth on chromosome 6D.

Citation

Atkinson, J. A., Wingen, L. U., Griffiths, M., Pound, M. P., Gaju, O., Foulkes, M. J., …Wells, D. M. (2015). Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(8), 2283-2292. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erv006

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 20, 2014
Online Publication Date Mar 4, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Mar 29, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2017
Journal Journal of Experimental Botany
Print ISSN 0022-0957
Electronic ISSN 1460-2431
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 66
Issue 8
Pages 2283-2292
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erv006
Keywords high-throughput phenotyping, root system architecture
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/748107
Publisher URL https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jxb/erv006
Contract Date Mar 29, 2017

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