Evaluation of Wheat Pre-Harvest Sprouting Resistant Germplasm Resources and Their Preliminary Application
Wheat pre-harvest sprouting significantly reduces yield production and flour quality.It has been gradually aggravated in recent years,and destabilize the safety of wheat production in China,particularly in the Huanghuai region.Identification of pre-harvest sprouting resistant germplasm and functional molecular markers are of importance to accelerate pre-harvest sprouting resistant breeding.In this study,77 pre-harvest sprouting resistant germplasms observed from field experiments and 128 advanced breeding lines from a rotational population introduced with six resistant germplasms were used.These genotypes were tested for pre-harvest sprouting resistance using the whole-split germination and seed germination methods,as well as genotyped by functional markers Vp1B3,Dorm-B1,and PM19.49.35%(38 of 77)of germplasm resources showed intermediate resistance,and 57.90%(22)of them contained functional resistance alleles of VplBa or(and)Dorm-Blb.The germplasm resources Xinong 172,Kalango,Huaimai 40 and Yunong 186 were detected carrying both two functional alleles.36.72%(47)of the advanced breeding lines showed intermediate resistance,of which 87.23%contained resistance alleles and 17.02%(8)contained two functional alleles.Stacking resistance loci can increase the level of pre-harvest sprouting resistance.In the germplasm resources,the whole-split germination and seed germination decreased from 36.65%and 34.99%in non-resistant individuals,respectively,to 18.17%and 23.87%in individuals with two resistance loci.The same pattern has been observed in advanced lines.There was a significant difference in the number of resistant loci between advanced materials and others.Among them,17.02%of the materials with medium resistance level contained two resistance loci,while only 4.94%of the other materials without medium resistance level contained two resistance loci.This study deployed molecular markers and phenotypic characterization techniques to identify pre-harvest sprouting resistance germplasm,followed by germplasm innovation using dwarf failing rotation selection,which provided a basis for future improvement of wheat spike germination resistance in the Huanghuai region in China.