High-yielding lines of wheat carrying Gpc-B1 adapted to Mediterranean-type environments of the south and west of Australia
H. A. Eagles A , Robyn McLean B , R. F. Eastwood C , M.-J. Appelbee D , Karen Cane E F , P. J. Martin G H and H. Wallwork A I J
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A School of Agriculture Food and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
B InterGrain Pty Ltd, 19 Ambitious Link, Bibra Lake, WA 6163, Australia.
C Australian Grain Technologies, 11 Cheshire Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.
D LongReach Plant Breeders, 1/18 Waddikee Road, Lonsdale, SA 5160, Australia.
E Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria, PB260, Horsham, Vic 3401, Australia.
F Current address: Nuseed Australia, PB 377, Horsham, Vic. 3402, Australia.
G NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.
H Current address: Howqua Consulting, 17 Orvieto Road, Yeronga, Qld 4104, Australia.
I South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
J Corresponding author. Email: Hugh.Wallwork@sa.gov.au
Crop and Pasture Science 65(9) 854-861 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP14106
Submitted: 7 April 2014 Accepted: 23 June 2014 Published: 26 August 2014
Abstract
The Gpc-B1 gene from wild emmer has been proposed as a potential mechanism for improving grain protein in bread wheat without reducing grain yield. Near-isolines with and without the Gpc-B1 gene in three Australian-adapted genetic backgrounds, Gladius, Wyalkatchem and VR1128, were compared in 14 experiments across the south and west of Australia for grain yield, grain protein content and grain weight. The donor parents of Gpc-B1 were the Canadian cultivars Burnside and Somerset. One of the 14 experiments was discarded because of inadequate rust control and confounding effects of Yr36, a gene closely linked to Gpc-B1. Heading date and test weight were measured in five experiments.
Across all comparisons, Gpc-B1 increased grain protein content and reduced grain weight, with a negligible effect on grain yield. Selected lines containing Gpc-B1 in a Wyalkatchem background had comparable grain yields to the elite cultivar Mace, but with significantly higher grain protein contents, slightly higher grain weights, similar heading dates and acceptable test weights. The development of agronomically acceptable lines containing Gpc-B1 was partially attributed to the removal of undesirable genes from wild emmer during the breeding of the Canadian donor parents and the use of Australian recurrent parents with high test weights.
Additional keywords: emmer introgression, grain protein, NAM-B1, protein yield, recombination, Yr36.
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