Identification of quantitative trait loci for leaf rust and stem rust seedling resistance in bread wheat using a genome-wide association study
Zatybekov A. Genievskaya Y. Rsaliyev A. Maulenbay A. Yskakova G. Savin T. Turuspekov Y. Abugalieva S.
January-1 2022MDPI
Plants
2022#11Issue 1
In recent years, leaf rust (LR) and stem rust (SR) have become a serious threat to bread wheat production in Kazakhstan. Most local cultivars are susceptible to these rusts, which has affected their yield and quality. The development of new cultivars with high productivity and LR and SR disease resistance, including using marker-assisted selection, is becoming an important priority in local breeding projects. Therefore, the search for key genetic factors controlling resistance in all plant stages, including the seedling stage, is of great significance. In this work, we applied a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach using 212 local bread wheat accessions that were phenotyped for resistance to specific races of Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt) and Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) at the seedling stages. The collection was genotyped using a 20 K Illumina iSelect SNP assay, and 11,150 polymorphic SNP markers were selected for the association mapping. Using a mixed linear model, we identified 11 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for five out of six specific races of Pt and Pgt. The comparison of the results from this GWAS with those from previously published work showed that nine out of eleven QTLs for LR and SR resistance had been previously reported in a GWAS study at the adult plant stages of wheat growth. Therefore, it was assumed that these nine common identified QTLs were effective for all-stage resistance to LR and SR, and the two other QTLs appear to be novel QTLs. In addition, five out of these nine QTLs that had been identified earlier were found to be associated with yield components, suggesting that they may directly influence the field performance of bread wheat. The identified QTLs, including novel QTLs found in this study, may play an essential role in the breeding process for improving wheat resistance to LR and SR.
Association mapping , Bread wheat , Leaf rust , Resistance , Stem rust
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Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050038, Kazakhstan
Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety, Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeisky, 080409, Kazakhstan
Department of Science, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Nur-Sultan, 010011, Kazakhstan
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety
Department of Science
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