Characterization of 14 Triticum species for the NAM-B1 gene and its associated traits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wheat grain protein, zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) content are important wheat qualities crucial for human nutrition and health worldwide. Increasing these three components simultaneously in wheat grains by a single gene came into the picture through NAM-B1 cloning. NAM-B1 gene and its association with the mentioned grain quality traits have been primarily studied in common and durum wheat and their progenitors T. dicoccum and T. dicoccoides.

Method

In the present study, for the first time, 38 wheat accessions comprising ten hexaploids from five species and 28 tetraploids from nine species were evaluated in the field for two consecutive years. Additionally, the 582 first nucleotides of the NAM-B1 gene were examined.

Result

The NAM-B1 gene was present in 21 tetra

SUBMITTER: Shoormij F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10443865 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature