Jun Li¹ , Qin Wang¹ , Huiting Wei² , Xiaorong Hu¹ , Wuyun Yang¹

1. Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, P.R. China
2. Institute of Plant Protection, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, P.R. China
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Triticeae Genomics and Genetics, 2011, Vol. 2, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/tgg.2011.02.0001
Received: 22 Oct., 2011    Accepted: 01 Nov., 2011    Published: 29 Jan., 2012

This article was first published in Molecular Plant Breeding in Chinese, and here was authorized to translate and publish the paper in English under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Li et al., 2011, SSR Mapping Locus Conferring on the Triple-Spikelet Trait of the Tibetan Triple-spikelet Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. concv. tripletum), Triticeae Genomics and Genetics, Vol.2, No.1 1-6 (doi: 10.5376/tgg.2011.02.0001)

Tibetan triple-spikelet wheat is an unique common wheat landrace in Tibet region of China, which has special triple spikelet trait with supernumerary spikelets and florets. Molecular Mapping the control gene locus conferring on triple spikelet trait and mining the closely linked markers would be facilitate high-yield wheat breeding by marker-assisted selection approach. In this study, derived lines TTSW-5 from Tibetan triple spikelet wheat and common-spikelet wheat, Jian 3 and Chuanmai 55, were used to construct the F₂ populations for , phenotypic analysis and SSR genotyping. Genetic analysis of phenotypic traits showed that triple spikelet trait of Tibetan triple spikelet wheat are controlled by two independent recessive gene loci. One QTL linked to the triple spikelet trait was detected on the chromosome 2A by using F₂ population from TTSW-5/Jian 3 combination and SSR markers, the targeted locus was located within SSR markers, Xgwm275 and Xgwm122, the genetic distance between two markers is 6.6CM with LOD value 6.19,  which can be explained 33.1% phenotypic variation,  The detected locus tentatively named as qTS2A-1. We speculated that qTS2A-1 locus might be one of dominant loci for controlling the triple spikelet trait , Therefore, SSR markers, Xgwm275 and Xgwm122, might  be used as assisted selection markers for triple spikelet trait in high-yield breeding program.

Tibetan triple-spikelet wheat;Triticum aestivum L. concv. tripletum; Tibetan wheat landrace; Triple-spikelet trait; SSR mapping; Wheat high-yield breeding