Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding

A. Schulthess, and A.R. Schwember. 2013. Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding. Cien Inv. 40(3): 475-490. Wheat grain yellow pigment content (GYPC) is an important trait that determines pasta quality. The main objective of this rev...

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Autores principales: Schulthess,Albert, Schwember,Andrés R
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-162020130003000022014-09-08Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breedingSchulthess,AlbertSchwember,Andrés R durum wheat grain yellow pigment content improved color PSY1A PSY1B backcrossing marker-assisted selection A. Schulthess, and A.R. Schwember. 2013. Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding. Cien Inv. 40(3): 475-490. Wheat grain yellow pigment content (GYPC) is an important trait that determines pasta quality. The main objective of this review is to examine the genetics regulating GYPC to enhance it through breeding, leading to improved pasta quality. Although GYPC is a polygenic trait, its high heritability has facilitated breeding internationally. GYPC is influenced by one or two major loci with additive effects plus several minor genes, and there is evidence showing that the phytoene synthase loci PSY1A and PSY1B are strong candidate genes that regulate GYPC. Nine Chilean durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) genotypes showed intermediate to low levels of GYPC based upon both phenotypic and genotypic data. The next step is to improve GYPC in those materials by introgressing the high-yellowness PSY1 allelic variants (i.e., the PSY1Ao allele and the PSY1Bb allele) using plant breeding strategies such as backcrossing and marker-assisted selection.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.40 n.3 20132013-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202013000300002en10.4067/S0718-16202013000300002
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic durum wheat
grain yellow pigment content
improved color
PSY1A
PSY1B
backcrossing
marker-assisted selection
spellingShingle durum wheat
grain yellow pigment content
improved color
PSY1A
PSY1B
backcrossing
marker-assisted selection
Schulthess,Albert
Schwember,Andrés R
Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
description A. Schulthess, and A.R. Schwember. 2013. Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding. Cien Inv. 40(3): 475-490. Wheat grain yellow pigment content (GYPC) is an important trait that determines pasta quality. The main objective of this review is to examine the genetics regulating GYPC to enhance it through breeding, leading to improved pasta quality. Although GYPC is a polygenic trait, its high heritability has facilitated breeding internationally. GYPC is influenced by one or two major loci with additive effects plus several minor genes, and there is evidence showing that the phytoene synthase loci PSY1A and PSY1B are strong candidate genes that regulate GYPC. Nine Chilean durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) genotypes showed intermediate to low levels of GYPC based upon both phenotypic and genotypic data. The next step is to improve GYPC in those materials by introgressing the high-yellowness PSY1 allelic variants (i.e., the PSY1Ao allele and the PSY1Bb allele) using plant breeding strategies such as backcrossing and marker-assisted selection.
author Schulthess,Albert
Schwember,Andrés R
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Schwember,Andrés R
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title Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
title_short Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
title_full Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
title_fullStr Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
title_full_unstemmed Improving durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
title_sort improving durum wheat (triticum turgidum l. var durum) grain yellow pigment content through plant breeding
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate 2013
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