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- Title
Preharvest Sprouting in Quinoa: A New Screening Method Adapted to Panicles and GWAS Components.
- Authors
Ocaña-Gallegos, Cristina; Liang, Meijing; McGinty, Emma; Zhang, Zhiwu; Murphy, Kevin M.; Hauvermale, Amber L.
- Abstract
The introduction of quinoa into new growing regions and environments is of interest to farmers, consumers, and stakeholders around the world. Many plant breeding programs have already started to adapt quinoa to the environmental and agronomic conditions of their local fields. Formal quinoa breeding efforts in Washington State started in 2010, led by Professor Kevin Murphy out of Washington State University. Preharvest sprouting appeared as the primary obstacle to increased production in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. Preharvest sprouting (PHS) is the undesirable sprouting of seeds that occurs before harvest, is triggered by rain or humid conditions, and is responsible for yield losses and lower nutrition in cereal grains. PHS has been extensively studied in wheat, barley, and rice, but there are limited reports for quinoa, partly because it has only recently emerged as a problem. This study aimed to better understand PHS in quinoa by adapting a PHS screening method commonly used in cereals. This involved carrying out panicle-wetting tests and developing a scoring scale specific for panicles to quantify sprouting. Assessment of the trait was performed in a diversity panel (N = 336), and the resulting phenotypes were used to create PHS tolerance rankings and undertake a GWAS analysis (n = 279). Our findings indicate that PHS occurred at varying degrees across a subset of the quinoa germplasm tested and that it is possible to access PHS tolerance from natural sources. Ultimately, these genotypes can be used as parental lines in future breeding programs aiming to incorporate tolerance to PHS.
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (State); QUINOA; WASHINGTON State University; PLANT breeding; GERMINATION; GENOME-wide association studies
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2024, Vol 13, Issue 10, p1297
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants13101297