Breeding for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat—Progress and challenges

M Buerstmayr, B Steiner, H Buerstmayr - Plant breeding, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fusarium head blight is among the most extensively studied fungal diseases of wheat and
other small grain cereals due to its impact on yield and quality, but particularly due to its …

Germplasms, genetics and genomics for better control of disastrous wheat Fusarium head blight

Z Ma, Q Xie, G Li, H Jia, J Zhou, Z Kong, N Li… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, for its devastating nature to wheat production and food
security, has stimulated worldwide attention. Multidisciplinary efforts have been made to fight …

Mutation of a histidine-rich calcium-binding-protein gene in wheat confers resistance to Fusarium head blight

G Li, J Zhou, H Jia, Z Gao, M Fan, Y Luo, P Zhao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Head or ear blight, mainly caused by Fusarium species, can devastate almost all staple
cereal crops (particularly wheat), resulting in great economic loss and imposing health …

Wheat Fhb1 encodes a chimeric lectin with agglutinin domains and a pore-forming toxin-like domain conferring resistance to Fusarium head blight

N Rawat, MO Pumphrey, S Liu, X Zhang, VK Tiwari… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating disease of
wheat and barley that leads to reduced yield and mycotoxin contamination of grain, making …

Molecular markers and selection for complex traits in plants: learning from the last 20 years

R Bernardo - Crop science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In the mid‐1980s, the development of abundant molecular markers, appropriate statistical
procedures, and user‐friendly computer software that implemented these statistical …

QTL mapping and marker‐assisted selection for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat: a review

H Buerstmayr, T Ban, JA Anderson - Plant breeding, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
During the past decade, numerous studies have been published on molecular mapping of
Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in wheat. We summarize the relevant findings from …

Fine mapping and gene cloning in the post-NGS era: advances and prospects

D Jaganathan, A Bohra, M Thudi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Improvement in traits of agronomic importance is the top breeding priority of crop
improvement programs. Majority of these agronomic traits show complex quantitative …

Meta-analysis of the QTLome of Fusarium head blight resistance in bread wheat: refining the current puzzle

E Venske, RS Dos Santos, DR Farias… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a worldwide devastating disease of bread
wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genetic resistance is the most effective way to control FHB and …

A physical map of the 1-gigabase bread wheat chromosome 3B

E Paux, P Sourdille, J Salse, C Saintenac, F Choulet… - science, 2008 - science.org
As the staple food for 35% of the world's population, wheat is one of the most important crop
species. To date, sequence-based tools to accelerate wheat improvement are lacking. As …

Quantitative Trait Loci for Grain Yield and Adaptation of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Across a Wide Range of Water Availability

M Maccaferri, MC Sanguineti, S Corneti, JLA Ortega… - Genetics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Grain yield is a major goal for the improvement of durum wheat, particularly in drought-prone
areas. In this study, the genetic basis of grain yield (GY), heading date (HD), and plant …