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A new gene controlling the flowering response to photoperiod in wheat

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A novel photoperiod response gene, designated Ppd-B2, was mapped to wheat chromosome arm 7BS, using a set of lines carrying various segments of 7BS from the early flowering breeding line ‘F26-70 7B’ in a background of the variety ‘Favorit’. The gene was 4.4 cM distal of the microsatellite locus Xgwm0537 and 20.7 cM proximal to Xgwm0255. In contrast to the well-characterized Ppd-1 genes, which require short days for expression, Ppd-B2 was detected when plants were exposed to a long photoperiod. The accelerated flowering produced by Ppd-B2 was correlated with increased grain protein content.

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The first author thanks the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (08-04-00368-a), SB RAS (Complex Integration Project No 5.8), the Russian Science Support Foundation, Timofeeff-Ressovsky Scientific Society “Biosphere and Mankind” and a grant from the President of the Russian Federation (project No MK-566.2007.4) for financial support, and Renate Voss for excellent technical assistance.

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  1. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentjeva Ave. 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    E. K. Khlestkina

  2. National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Fundulea, Romania

    A. Giura

  3. Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany

    M. S. Röder & A. Börner

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Khlestkina, E.K., Giura, A., Röder, M.S. et al. A new gene controlling the flowering response to photoperiod in wheat. Euphytica 165, 579–585 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-008-9783-5

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