Quantitative Genetics of Disease Resistance in Wheat

Vijai Bhadauria; Lucia Popescu

doi:10.21775/cimb.027.105

Quantitative Genetics of Disease Resistance in Wheat

Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2018:27:105-108. doi: 10.21775/cimb.027.105. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

Authors

Vijai Bhadauria¹, Lucia Popescu²

Affiliations

¹ Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, and Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada.
² Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

PMID: 28885177
DOI: 10.21775/cimb.027.105

Abstract

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the top three global food security crops. Fusarium head blight is one of the major constraints in sustainable wheat production and resistance to the disease is polygenic. This review provides an overview of recent efforts in mapping these genes/loci with the objective to aid marker-assisted selection breeding.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Plant / chemistry
Crosses, Genetic
Disease Resistance / genetics*
Fusarium / growth & development
Fusarium / metabolism
Fusarium / pathogenicity*
Genetic Markers
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Mycotoxins / biosynthesis
Plant Breeding
Plant Diseases / genetics
Plant Diseases / immunology
Plant Diseases / microbiology
Quantitative Trait Loci*
Triticum / genetics*
Triticum / immunology
Triticum / microbiology

Substances

Genetic Markers
Mycotoxins