Dynamics of leaf and spikelet primordia initiation in wheat as affected by Ppd-1a alleles under field conditions

Wheat adaptation is affected by Ppd genes, but the role of these alleles in the rates of leaf and spikelet initiation has not been properly analysed. Twelve near isogenic lines (NILs) combining Ppd-1a alleles from different donors intro- gressed in A, B, and/or D genomes were tested under field cond...

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Autores: Ochagavía Orbegozo, Helga, Prieto, Paula, Savin, Roxana, Griffiths, Simon, Slafer, Gustavo A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/63418
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery104
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/63418
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Double ridge
Flowering time
Plastochron
Ppd genes
Triticum aestivum
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Sumario:Wheat adaptation is affected by Ppd genes, but the role of these alleles in the rates of leaf and spikelet initiation has not been properly analysed. Twelve near isogenic lines (NILs) combining Ppd-1a alleles from different donors intro- gressed in A, B, and/or D genomes were tested under field conditions during two growing seasons together with the wild type, Paragon. Leaf initiation rate was unaffected by Ppd-1a alleles so the final leaf number (FLN) was reduced in parallel with reductions in the duration of the vegetative phase. Spikelet primordia initiation was accelerated and consequently the effect on spikelets per spike was less than proportional to the effect on the duration of spikelet ini- tiation. The magnitude of these effects on spikelet plastochron depended on the doses of Ppd-1 homoeoalleles and the specific insensitivity alleles carried. Double ridge was consistently later than floral initiation, but the difference between them was not affected by Ppd-1a alleles. These findings have potential for selecting the best combinations from the Ppd-1 homoeoallelic series for manipulating adaptation taking into consideration particular effects on spike- let number.