A novel major QTL underlying grain copper concentration in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Yiwen Huang, Qiling Zhao, Xiaoying Li, Dan Long, Jian Zeng, Dandan Wu, Lina Sha, Xing Fan, Houyang Kang, Haiqin Zhang, Yonghong Zhou, Yi Wang, Yiran Cheng · 2024
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Yiwen Huang and twelve co-authors hunt the genes that set how much copper lands in wheat grain. Copper levels in grain differ by variety and place, and genes rule most of that spread. Their 2024 study grew a mixed wheat family in the Sichuan Basin and tracked grain copper over two years.
Three gene zones stood out on a first pass. One zone on a B chromosome was new, and the team shrank it to a tight span. That span holds a gene for a protein in the leaf's light gear. A quick DNA test split two wheat groups cleanly by grain copper. Plants rich in grain copper also showed more green pigment and more zip genes at work in leaves. The finds can guide breeding for grain traits.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yiwen Huang, Qiling Zhao, Xiaoying Li, Dan Long, Jian Zeng, Dandan Wu, Lina Sha, Xing Fan, Houyang Kang, Haiqin Zhang, Yonghong Zhou, Yi Wang, Yiran Cheng |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |