{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Atkinson JA"],"funding":["Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council"],"pagination":["2283-92"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4407652"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["66(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Seedling root traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) have been shown to be important for efficient establishment and linked to mature plant traits such as height and yield. A root phenotyping pipeline, consisting of a germination paper-based screen combined with image segmentation and analysis software, was developed and used to characterize seedling traits in 94 doubled haploid progeny derived from a cross between the winter wheat cultivars Rialto and Savannah. Field experiments were conducted to measure mature plant height, grain yield, and nitrogen (N) uptake in three sites over 2 years. In total, 29 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for seedling root traits were identified. Two QTLs for grain yield and N uptake co-localize with root QTLs on chromosomes 2B and 7D, respectively. Of the 29 root QTLs identified, 11 were found to co-localize on 6D, with four of these achieving highly significant logarithm of odds scores (>20). These results suggest the presence of a major-effect gene regulating seedling root vigour/growth on chromosome 6D."],"journal":["Journal of experimental botany"],"pubmed_title":["Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat."],"pmcid":["PMC4407652"],"funding_grant_id":["BB/G023972/1","BB/I00260X/1","BBS/E/J/000CA358","BBS/E/J/000C0617","BB/L026848/1","BB/E527147/1","BBS/E/J/000C0635"],"pubmed_authors":["Griffiths S","Foulkes MJ","Pound MP","Le Gouis J","Gaju O","Bennett MJ","Atkinson JA","Griffiths M","King J","Wells DM","Wingen LU"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat.","description":"Seedling root traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) have been shown to be important for efficient establishment and linked to mature plant traits such as height and yield. A root phenotyping pipeline, consisting of a germination paper-based screen combined with image segmentation and analysis software, was developed and used to characterize seedling traits in 94 doubled haploid progeny derived from a cross between the winter wheat cultivars Rialto and Savannah. Field experiments were conducted to measure mature plant height, grain yield, and nitrogen (N) uptake in three sites over 2 years. In total, 29 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for seedling root traits were identified. Two QTLs for grain yield and N uptake co-localize with root QTLs on chromosomes 2B and 7D, respectively. Of the 29 root QTLs identified, 11 were found to co-localize on 6D, with four of these achieving highly significant logarithm of odds scores (>20). These results suggest the presence of a major-effect gene regulating seedling root vigour/growth on chromosome 6D.","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Apr","modification":"2024-11-07T09:16:11.289Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:50:24Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4407652","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25740921"],"doi":["10.1093/jxb/erv006"]}}